On believing, knowing and finding “Epistemology,” Ellis Potter insists, “is not a disease” (p. 9). It is also not something boring we can ignore.…

The Nun’s Funeral The old nun’s funeral was held at dawn, in accordance with her specific wish that her life be celebrated as holy…

A necessary, perilous venture I ordered Carlos Eire’s new book because I am entranced with his earlier one, Waiting for Snow in Havana (2003).…

An extraordinary ordinary Neawanaka is a tiny village on the Oregon coast, a place where people have lived longer than the stories tell, on…

wasp a flagging wasp, compromised due to accidental indoor entrapment, flew up her shorts. she didn’t feel it just then, dancing about the porch,…

Coffee Tilting the glass pot, angling the spout, pouring out a pure, dark-amber liquid, a cataract arcing and glistening with flowing lines of light…

Consider being alone, still, in complete silence. It can be a precious relief, a lovely respite from noise, and busyness, and demands, and people.…

"It is only in God that human beings find fulfillment and perfection. If they have no sense of God, they have no sense of…

Dear Students, I’ll tell you about two key moments in my life. They came close together. I think I was seventeen. I’m not sure…

A battle of the gods American Gods, by Neil Gaiman is probably the most significant work of fiction I’ve read in the last several…