Why are you doing what is unlawful?

Don’t you love how Jesus comes to his disciples’ defense? Even though he himself is not accused, he speaks up on their behalf. He doesn’t want their accusers to misunderstand his well-meaning disciples or his gospel message. So he tells them that...

Thus should one regard us

Thus should one regard us; as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. If you have read “The Lord of the Rings” books or watched the movies, you may remember Denethor, the steward of Condor. Like his ancestors before him, he governed and...

At your command I will lower the nets

When Mother Teresa of Calcutta heard of God’s call to start a new religious order to serve the poorest of the poor, she was already a full professed member of the Sisters of Loreto. She brought the proposal to her religious superiors, who thought it sounded...

The Things in Black Men’s Closets

on the top shelf of the closet is the hat my father wears on special occasions it rests next to the large jar he saves pennies in his head is always bare when i see him walking in the street i once sat in his bedroom watching him search between sweaters and suits...

Flounder

Here, she said, put this on your head. She handed me a hat. You ’bout as white as your dad, and you gone stay like that. Aunt Sugar rolled her nylons down around each bony ankle, and I rolled down my white knee socks letting my thin legs dangle, circling them just...

Canary

Billie Holiday’s burned voice had as many shadows as lights, a mournful candelabra against a sleek piano, the gardenia her signature under that ruined face. (Now you’re cooking, drummer to bass, magic spoon, magic needle. Take all day if you have to with your mirror...

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