Christ was risen. The tomb was empty. All the world rejoiced (or hated, or denied—such compelled every soul to choose a side); but that was day ago, and Monday was new. What now? What to make and live of it all? Did she still believe, or was such just a day; […]
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Short Story
PARALLELS AND CROSSINGS
“I write few tortuous stories,” he shared as they walked along city street. “ I write few twists and fewer turns—plots upended or changed of an unexpected…Mostly, they are attention to a present, or simple plot, foreshadowed, linear and parallel of lives that never cross.” “Why is that? Doesn’t it get boring, writing […]
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UTILITARIANISM
“Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, ‘What are we going to do? This […]
Short Story
VOLDEMORT’S DESIGN
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reding them.”—Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 _____ “Do you still like Harry Potter?” he asked. “I’m learning and won’t pretend to understand hierarchy of loyalties in what world terms liberal minds. Are you allowed to love what you love, […]
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OUTWARD SIGN
Cold returned and too the gray, but she remained as spring in spirit and day. Paying no mind to the outward signs, she dressed again in sweater of the season. Its loose of white and red and orange that glowed wore upon her as an ambiance that warmed and brightened all around. Her […]
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AT END
Premature spring and follow-frost burned the redbud’s bloom. Lilac-violet paled to gray, but in one week’s time, redbud boughs restored to hue as bloom dared to show again. He looked upon its colors beyond window in morning light. No words or story came, and he was sad that it was so. He […]