Posted inThe Good Word

‘What You Say, You Say in a Body’

If Marcus Aurelius had been a wife and a mother he might have written Jenny Offill rsquo s new novel nbsp Dept of Speculation Every vignette is suffused with well wrought insight and wisdom For example ldquo My daughter breaks both her wrists jumping off of a swing rdquo We take our daughter

Posted inThe Good Word

Easter: Dear God, About Hope

Sometimes pleasures and joys slide one over the other nbsp They pour so quickly into our lives we begin to believe the cup of blessings can rsquo t run dry nbsp But then some crack appears nbsp The blessing cup becomes hourglass and happiness begins to pour away nbsp nbsp While still a gr

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To Stake His Claim

Killing Jesus is a sure and swift read nbsp Bill O rsquo Reilly and Martin Dugard write like newscasters rapidly analyzing facts Here is the entry into Jerusalem Just on the other side of Bethpage the two disciples stand waiting nbsp One holds the bridle of a donkey that has never been ridden

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The Details of Death

Lazarus died twice In both instances Jesus was far from his side The first time he died in the uncertain hope of his people The second Lazarus entered death rsquo s darkness knowing Christ rsquo s resurrection nbsp Have you ever thought about how you rsquo d like to die Most of us don rsquo

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Goodbye Grover’s Corners

Many of us first visited Grover rsquo s Corners when we were in school Do you remember this scene from Thorton Wilder rsquo s nbsp Our Town Young Emily Webb has married her childhood sweetheart George Gibbs In fact when the play skips ahead to Act III she rsquo s born him a child and died whil

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