Wind

Maybe you did not go to church because God lets crazy people shoot fifty strangers. I have not been going because God has ruined my life in other ways. I walked into a church, a church where no one knew me, so maybe I would feel different, and an usher told me not to […]

The Hook

If you are a preacher of grace, then preach a true and not a fictitious grace. – Martin Luther I should not watch so much television. Like, not two or three hours at a time. I should not use television as a crutch. Like, take laptop into the kitchen while I do the dishes. […]

Baltimore

From an interview with James Baldwin, just after the death of Dr. King: Baldwin: It is not the black people who have to cool it, because they won’t. Interviewer: Aren’t they the ones getting hurt the most, though? Baldwin: That would depend on point of view. You know, I’m not at all sure that we are […]

Heavy/Light

The carpet and the kneelers are red. The Christ holds a big blank ball. Presumably, the world. One of the graves in the Trinity churchyard is for a fictional character. “Charlotte Temple” was a character in Charlotte, a Tale of Truth, published 1791. The sign says, “Legend has it that the name…was carved by a […]