Monthly Archives: February 2012

Soul Growing

When I pray, I feel schizophrenic. The voices in my head are many and competing, each shouting to be noticed: “Don’t forget the dry cleaning.” “What shall I have for dinner?” “Do something with your hair.” Sometimes, I just want … Continue reading

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Why We Read and Write

“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even … Continue reading

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Creator’s Rights

“I saw an angel in the marble and I just chiseled until I set him free.” Michelangelo ‘”How foolish can you be?  He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you, the clay! Should the created thing say of … Continue reading

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Saved to Love

  Thought this was wonderful. Parachute Wedding Dress, 1947   This wedding dress was made from a nylon parachute that saved Maj. Claude Hensinger during World War II.   In August 1944, Hensinger, a B-29 pilot, and his crew were … Continue reading

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