There is one thing I ask of my God: To dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life. (Alleluia) (adapted from Psalm 27)
It’s been a tough week in Cancerville with some of my peeps. Some relapse. Some remit. Some stay the same. I spoke with my mom on the phone last night as she told me about visiting a friend of ours who is having a rough way of it. We see in our friend a “process” ...
In one of my last meetings with Dr. Clark Wang, we were talking about his preparations to venture off to the other side of the country to have a double bone marrow transplant for his rapidly advancing Lymphoma. It was a long trip for someone not in pristine health, and the chances of returning to ...
I cut my writer’s teeth studying about the facts of, and then creating fictionalizations of death. It’s stock-in-trade for a mystery novelist. It’s part of the great Mary Poppins carpet back of tales and songs we carry as a Southern novelist. I have written more than my share of funeral homilies and have spoken off ...
One of the things I like best about Twitter (yea-yea – I’m a nerd) is that each message is limited to 140 characters, which can make for some beautiful spiritual poetry and prayers. So I’m adding on a new Category to the site called Prayers from Twitter for just this type of work. ...
