Click. A button was pressed on a lighter and a small flame appeared in the dark sanctuary. It was like a seed of light,…

A while back the hymn, “Blessed Assurance” was in the service of morning worship in our church. That hymn is always a problem for…

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From wind-sifted trees the cold fire of crisp leaves scrape across cement ******* Coffee-steam vanishes before a window of winter ******* Wingtips slowly slicing…

Discussion questions for Noah 1. What was your first impression? What lines of dialogue, what visual effects, or what plot twists stood out to…

A Review of Her Back in 1950, when the best computer in the world lacked the power of your old laptop, British mathematician/philosopher Alan…

The critics were mystified. Who was this writer from the hills of Tennessee who could write such arresting landscapes? A warm wind on the…

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