Recently on Novelmatters I posted about how much I struggle with the presence and demands of social media. You can read the post here. But I realized that this has been a problem for me for decades — even before the Internet and cellular phones. Here is a poem I...
The Ernie Pyle Memorial Library Albuquerque, New Mexico A recently- discovered portrait of the famous WWII journalist Ernie Pyle is his last: a photograph taken just moments after his death. The body that housed all those words lies still and...
By way of introduction, I don't really like labels but labeling myself for you is going to be the easiest way to give you a quick background. I am a born-in-the-covenant, divorced, gay, post-Mormon, father of 4. My ex-wife continues to raise our children in the...
………… . ………….Fullness . Two days ago was the coming of the great light The coming of herders The coming of angels The coming of the Child In ratcheting pain, In water and blood, In relief and peace. . Above, the star...
In the time of the apostle John, people who became Christians after living under the laws of the Old Testament were faced with an incredible amount of freedom. No more animal sacrifices. No more temple ceremonies and finding out what type of sin you'd committed and...
