Inspiring Faith and Creativity & Exploring the Arts through a Spiritual Lens
Recent posts about the United States and England, and especially those concerned with the decline, decay and ultimate disintegration of England have prompted my musings on the mutability of nations and cultures. Is everything subject…
MY LORDS, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN: "Get your head out of that book!" "Come back to reality!" "You can't solve the world's problems by ignoring them!" "Just what good is fantasy, anyway?" If you are a…
They were both college students, both Technology majors, both fond of line dancing and Virginia Reels. They had a common interest in applied technology and they found a common solace in Bach's Fifth Symphony. He…
I came from a close-knit family, and my mom and dad deserved the credit. Around 5:30 each evening Dad was due home, and of course everything came to a halt as we anxiously watched down…
Sweat rolled from their faces like ocean waves. The air was stale, for the windows were nailed shut to keep away all prying ears and eyes. For months, they struggled “to form a more perfect…
Are we alone in the heavens? Is there life, including intelligent life, elsewhere in the universe? What would be the implications for humanity and our relationship to God if there are other intelligent beings? And…
Even though I’ve worked at a public library since 2011, I’ve always considered myself a writer first and a librarian second. Still, a library is probably the best day job that a writer could have,…
Once upon a time, a great king wanted to send his son to live among his people to save them from their wretched ways. First, he chose a woman to care for his child, and…
I had a wonderful childhood with parents who loved me. Sometime when I was a young teenager, I became aware of beauty: the sea, green pine trees rising up into a blue sky at the…
Once upon a time, there was an artist named Edgar Degas. Degas lived in a tumultuous day; his homeland, France, was enduring wave after wave of unrest, rebellion and strife. New faces and names were appearing all…
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