Abraham and Judas

Abraham and Judas How often have I exchanged the promise of a good and spacious land for something narrower or betrayed the possibility of freedom for the certainty of thirty pieces of silver? Photo rights:...

Risk

Early in our marriage it became clear that too many one-on-one game nights would ruin us, since I’m terribly competitive and an incredibly poor sport.  Being poor newlyweds, we didn’t own a TV and couldn’t afford to go to the...

We Have No Maps

“We have no maps, nothing but the inner directions that seem to emerge as we engage the questions and risk moving toward the dream.  Together we will learn where we’re going.”    – Judy Cannato The man I now love invited me...

Perfectly Imperfect (a mostly true story)

It was the end of the academic year, spring ripening toward summer.  She circled the small dorm room, two, three, four times, her eyes pausing to measure each object before passing on to the next.  Her long hair was wrapped in a floral bandanna, her...

This Nest, These Birds

When we came for a viewing of the house we live in now, my husband and I were like a pair of young love-birds looking for a place to nest, though we wouldn’t have said it in as many words.  After guiding us through the house from bottom to top, the homeowner...
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