Many have likened the vastness and complexity of the inner man to the sea. Literature, music, philosophy, art—all have turned to the...

Strange. Strange how we can be shaped by things of which we're not even aware. Things that are, things that were, and things that may yet...

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. ~ Henry...

It's been months since I overheard the phrase. Months since Spring. But that just proves my point. Never heard it before but somehow the...

There's a place Where the peace Of mind I've been searching for lies. There, the blood Hit the ground Just as He cried Father, forgive...

It's remarkably easy to become calloused when it's not your pain. When it's someone else's family member. Someone else's health. Someone...

Long time no speak. Happy New Year to you! *Crackling.* Come in Skazka. This is Houston. Over. Um, yes? I mean, copy, Houston. Do you...

"Reading is..." His brows knit together and then his forehead smoothed as the right words appeared to dawn on him. "It's going somewhere...

Hurtful behaviors such as violence, scorn, gossip, and slander injure both victim and perpetrator. The hurtful behavior certainly...

Or something like that. When it's prefaced by: Do not try any of this at home. The author of this book is an Internet cartoonist, not a...

When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them...

Ok, it is. You're a free agent. Then again. The written word penetrates. Either we invite or we find the lock broken and back door ajar....

Life is nothing if not a series of windows. You mean doors, right? No, I prefer the idea of windows because I don't think we're as blind...

It started with a book. Said title has slid from memory but is of no particular importance. It started with a book borrowed. Off the...

Anne laughed and sighed. She felt very old and mature and wise---which showed how young she was. She told herself that she longed greatly...

Spotify tells me that Grave was my most played song during the last revolution around the sun. Followed closely by Unsteady, Carry You,...

Letting go of someone you love, dead or alive; of a career that wasn't meant to be; of deep-rooted bitterness and past hurt. Catch and...

Every single deed that has ever broken His holy law and tarnished His beautiful world and damaged His image bearers---every one of those...

A friend recently introduced me via text to the newest member of her family: a Beta fish, adopted as an isolation companion. Stuck at...

Sparing you one of my usual spiels, I'd love for you to participate in this one. You know you've got time. ;) I've said it...