Just Wait and See: Chapter 4
~ by M. C. Pehrson Now, even the days were growing chilly. Leaves changed color and drifted to the ground, but the graceful pepper trees lining Arbor Street remained as green as ever. High school…
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A Night of Fallen Nothingness
[A Good Friday poem] The Altar stripped, the candles dark, the Crossconcealed behind a purple shroud, the sun;mere slantings through an afternoon of grief,while all the world is emptied of all hope. The dead remain,…
The Crucifixion and the Resurrection: A Muslim’s Reflection on a Holy Time
We are currently experiencing a very Holy period of time. It is the time of Passover. It is the time of Easter. It is the time when we are preparing for the Holy Month of…
The Weight of the Cross
How can we ever truly know and understand the true weight of the cross? We can’t. But life can, and will, give us glimpses of that weight. I’ve felt some of that weight. I’ve looked…
Incorrigible Guests: A Lady and the Tramp Story
Scamp’s eyes popped open early on Christmas morning, sparkling with a mixture of joy and mischief when a car rattled down the street. He was instantly on his feet and headed for the front door,…
Lady Macbeth’s Cat
Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would” -Macbeth I.vii.48 Lady Macbeth wrangled with Macbeth during dinnerAt cross purposes outside the banqueting hallA privy conference as to who was the worse sinnerShe thought him weak; he,…
Nature Finds a Way
This morning I shared my shower with a small white spider. For many people, this would be a cause for considerable panic, for many more an inconvenience which needs to be removed – an extra…
Why Do You Hurt Me?
Why do you hurt mewith actions that you do?Why do you let me downand leave me feeling blue? Why is it that you leave me outand favour other friends?Why do you go to them not…
How Christians and Muslims Unite in the Quest for Goodness, Truth, and Beauty
My friend Fakhri Owaisi tagged me in a post that was put out by my other friend, Nick Orzech, which was shared from an anonymous source about his/her preference for Islam and why, even though…
F&F Spring 2020 Issue
“It was such a spring day as breathes into a man an ineffable yearning, a painful sweetness, a longing that makes him stand motionless, looking at the leaves or grass, and fling out his arms…