The Spirit of Lent: Thoughts of God

  Years ago, my father took up his place in the family as one of the keepers of family lore and over time, he has become the chief storyteller. Through the years, I have heard many tales of growing up in Northwest Georgia/Northeast Alabama, family stories of both great exploits and great catastrophe, but most

Storytelling

Imagine a campfire, flames leaping into the air, sparks popping and crackling from the wood fueling the blaze. The night sky spreads out overhead, the twinkling of stars dotting the stygian canvas. All around is the cimmerian curtain which has fallen, denying Helios for a time. Around the false sun, a small band of relatives

The Spirit of Lent: Immersion

Growing up in the south, I had the opportunity to leave the window in my bedroom open most of the year. Since it stayed warm enough to keep it open from about March until sometimes well into November, the window just over my bed was almost always open about four or five inches. I can

The Faith of Father Brown

I have developed a great love for BBC shows on PBS. No, this isn’t an advert for a foreign television station but a way of prefacing my viewing predilections discussed here. One of my favorites, especially for light watching before bed in the evenings, is Father Brown with Mark Williams as the eponymous English clergyman.

Life Together: Restoring Community

When I was a teenager, I had the idea that I was going to restore a muscle car. I had just the car picked out: 1969 Mustang Mach 1. As with many of my teenage ideas, there were two major problems with rebuilding my dream car. First, I was a teenager with a part-time job