These are my questions for today, in the voice of Richard Ford, an author who’s won many accolades for his novels and short story collections…and someone who’s voice is included in the above compilation. Here, Ford is speaking of taking new directions with his work, and the fact that his editor can’t see it the […]
More On the God I Don’t Understand
Yesterday I had some thoughts on Christopher J. H. Wright’s The God I Don’t Understand, and today I’ll continue some of those thoughts, if you don’t mind. Speaking of the “offence of evil,” I agree with Wright that God’s curse way-back-when does not refer “to an intrinsic (or ontological, if you like such words) curse […]
Being a Parent
Oh, give me patience when tiny hands Tug at me with their small demands. And give me gentle and smiling eyes; Keep my lips from sharp replies. And let not fatigue, confusion, or noise Obscure my vision of life’s fleeting joys, So when, years later, my house is still– No bitter memories its rooms may […]
Living Fearlessly
This is from The Tao Te Ching. It reminded me of my little one, how exuberantly she takes life in, and my hope is that I will live this, too. Every one of us is born, and everyone dies. However, three of every ten seem to be born to live, three seem to be born […]
Collecting Quotes, Poems, and Tidbits
It’s Monday, the beginning of another week. Do you need a quick pick-me-up? Do you need encouragement? Well, grab that coffee cup and sit right on down now, you hear? I’ll send a few tidbits your way. This is from Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Renascence” (lines 203-214): The world stands out on either side No […]