Monthly Archives: February 2009

We met last night like countless other Christian communities to remember our mortality. It was Ash Wednesday and like other Protestant congregations, we’re beginning the long, slow process of appreciation and understanding of Lent that sees our remembrance as fully … Continue reading →

The spoken word A hurtful rumor Anger irretrievably lost The written word – followed by hitting “send” The breaking of a window The shooting of a bird Wrecking the family car Slipping on ice Oversleeping a final exam Toothpaste squeezed … Continue reading →

Psychiatrist Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross speculated in her studies of terminally ill patients that the dying go through five distinct stages of grief preceding their deaths (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance). Those studies produced a book On Death and Dying … Continue reading →

For the life of me I can’t remember where I was when I first heard the term, “Members of the Flat-Earth Society” used to describe someone who was so anti-science in their faith they flattened the earth in pre-Copernicus style … Continue reading →

When your neighborhood becomes known as “the murder factory” for the whole state of Missouri (likely qualifying it for the whole Midwest), something has gone terribly amiss. Most by now have read the 3-part series published last week by The … Continue reading →