This isn’t news to my Nebraska friends, but given that I no longer live in Lincoln (and am no longer on Facebook) I only recently found out that the Shopko chain of stores is in the final stages of closing all their locations. I had never heard of Shopko until […]
For much of my life, I never knew there was a name for the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. I knew of Shrove Tuesday (the day before Ash Wednesday), when historically people would use up “luxury” cooking items such as butter, eggs and fat prior to giving them up for Lent. And of […]
If one was looking for a diagnosis of what ails the world, they would be hard-pressed to find a better example than this headline and story. Tourist mecca Notre Dame also revered as place of worship
As one with introverted tendencies, I tend to “live in my head” quite a bit. I ponder stuff, think about the future, play out scenarios in my mind. That tends to be both a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing insofar as it enables me to think things through, to “count the cost”. It’s […]
Given that I had to capitulate back to a smartphone in order to reliably open & read MMS messages, I’m at least grateful for the (divinely enabled) ability to repudiate the siren song of screen time.
For the past year and a half, I feel like I’ve been in a sort of waiting room. I’ve knocked on door after door after door, but none have been opened. I’ve had moments of frustration. Resentment. Anger. Utter hopelessness. It’s been agonizingly uncomfortable. And extraordinarily humbling. I really can’t say why for sure all […]
‘The Great Divorce’, by C. S. Lewis, is a fictional account of a trip to Heaven, and a fascinating study of why many people would choose not to stay there. Later in the story, Lewis is met in Heaven by one of his real-life literary and spiritual heroes, Scottish author and pastor George MacDonald. (Lewis […]