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On the Road Again
As a child I delighted in those Bob Hope road-trip movies. I especially liked the ones featuring both Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. They usually featured great women, like “The Road to Hong Kong” with both Dorothy Lamour and Jean Collins. An extra plus… Continue Reading “On the Road Again”
Was You There, Charlie?
My grandfather, Charles Gross, was quite a raconteur, noted for his tall tales and elaborate embroidering of things that had actually happened. He was a master storyteller. With a wry grin and a twinkle in his eye he would launch into relating something that… Continue Reading “Was You There, Charlie?”
Christ the Gardener
We are sometimes blindsided by moments of complete and utter terror. I remember such a night over at our neighbor Jorie’s house where several of us junior high school kids had gathered to watch a new TV program, “The Sea Around Us” in living… Continue Reading “Christ the Gardener”
This Night
In the Passover liturgy, the youngest son at the meal asks the seminal question, “Why is this night different from all others?” The narrative of the Passover, the haste in being ready at a moment’s notice to leave Egypt, the hurried meal, so rushed… Continue Reading “This Night”
The Summons of the Via Dolorosa
Today, my issue of the Living Church arrived and on the front cover was a picture of the “Harrowing of Hell.” This image is from the Icon Museum in Recklinghausen, Germany, artist unknown. In the Apostles Creed, one line reads, “he descended to the… Continue Reading “The Summons of the Via Dolorosa”
I Only Know That…
There’s an old song from the 80s by Boxcar Willie. Born as Lecil Travis Martin, one day sitting at a railroad crossing he saw a boxcar go by and in the door was a fellow who looked like his loading master in the Air… Continue Reading “I Only Know That…”
The Invitation of Living Water
One of the most foreboding places on this earth is a scorching, dry desert. I remember my first church off the 395 Highway in Randsburg, California. Randsburg in the 1890s had been a thriving gold mining community of over 6000. More gold was taken… Continue Reading “The Invitation of Living Water”
Journey into the Unknown
The beginnings of ambitious journeys are often beset by missteps and bad luck. Or sometimes splendid serendipity. Nothing certain here – that’s definitely the case with any Lenten journey taken in deep prayerful seriousness. It was certainly the case for one man’s most ambitious… Continue Reading “Journey into the Unknown”
How is it With Your Soul?
Philip Roth wrote a novel set in the 1990s, The Human Stain, being the last of a trilogy on American life. It looks at the messiness of human existence, and how, in finality, there are no complete remakes, no ultimate do-overs. The American myth… Continue Reading “How is it With Your Soul?”
Light Shining in ICE Darkness
We’ve all seen the sickening TV coverage. ICE agents bursting into people’s houses. No warrant. Hauling out suspected immigrants in their underwear, forced to lie facedown in the snow. No warrant necessary. Car windows smashed as a disabled woman is jerked out of her… Continue Reading “Light Shining in ICE Darkness”
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