Sound the Alarm

Silent night, Holy night.

All is calm…

Well, not quite.

Not at all, actually.

…

The Missing Peace

Look around, do you see peace?  Have you ever seen it?

Is peace even possible?

A Poetic Pause

There is an interesting caesura found in the bible—a poetic pause that lies between the writing of the books of Malachi and Mathew.

The Gathering

Tuffy’s tail wagged erratically as he worked the family like a hummingbird in a flower bed. With his cold wet nose he lifted every accessible hand hoping to receive a loving scratch on the head.

Tainted Joy

There was no reason for me to set foot in my parents bedroom. They never told me to stay out, I just knew I had no business being in there. I also knew that’s where they hid the Christmas presents.

The Least

Not everyone’s Christmas will be full of tinsel and mistletoe.

The Gift Giver

 

 

Cold air whistling through cracks in the shrunken window caulk decorated my bedroom window with a feathery layer of frost.  I scraped away a small porthole and peered out into the night sky.  The previous day’s snowfall glistened in the starlight, creating a unique contrast between the white of the snow and the dark of everything else.