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Poem: The Stars

When was the last timeyou lookedupfrom the navel of your own existence,to the starswhose...

Just a Stamp

My latest essay is up on The Rabbit Room today, and it involves Charlie Brown stamps, and,...

Making Meadows: A New Year’s Reflection

The
first weekend in January, my wife and I decided to take a walk at a
local conservation area that...

I’m not really into New Year’s resolutions, but this...

I’m not really into New Year’s resolutions, but this year I’d like to read more poetry. For someone who uses poetry as my primary artistic medium, I don’t read a whole lot of it (or at least not as much as I think I should). I’m going to try and read a poem a day, starting with one of my favorite modern bards, Billy Collins.

Favorites of 2015

For what it’s worth, here are some of the films, music, and books that I enjoyed this...

Advent Reflection #24

Well we made it, folks. It’s the night (day) before Christmas. If you’ve been keeping up with these...

Advent Reflection #23

This week I’ve been re-reading Anne Rice’s Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, a fictional imagining of...

Advent Reflection #22

“We all come with different personal feelings to the Christmas festival. One comes with pure joy as...

Advent Reflection #21

Unless you’ve been stuck down in a Sarlacc pit, you probably know that the latest Stars Wars film...

Advent Reflection #20

This parable by the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was referenced in church today during the...