The Unbroken Chain of Truth in the Lives of Broken People

Ivan relates the gospel events to the two widows. This has an acute effect on them. As he heads home, Ivan reflects on the implications of this and has an epiphany.

The Lines of Others

Why read great literature from the past?

Watercolors

“Watercolors have a life and a flow of their own when you brush them on the paper. You let go and see what happens.”

A short story . . .

Thrown Off Balance

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
― Flannery O’Connor

The Approaching Eclipse

Playing the fourth movement (Allegro Non Troppo) of Shostakovich’s 5th in high school concert band, I had no idea of the circumstances under which it had been composed – an artist threatened with suppression or persecution.

Not Wanting to Look Away – A Life of War Zone Witness and Writing

“I followed the war wherever I could reach it.”

Your Best Lent Now

It seems to me, and your own experience will bear this out, that This Instant is the impetus of Your Best Life Now and that self-help schemes produce the thinness and self-deception of a tenuous now.