WHY HALLOW THERE
I don’t use the word “hallow” much. Almost never. I might change that. There’s the familiar idea of hallowed ground, of course, but I don’t believe that I’ve ever described anyplace as such. And I know “hallowed be Thy name”…
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
Maybe I should save this talk for Halloween because I am thinking about one of the scariest things in the world. It makes my palms clammy and my pulse race up into my throat. I’m thinking about REJECTION. Yikes! I…
HOOTENANNY
I came upon a child of GodHe was walking along the roadAnd I asked him, where are you goingAnd this he told meI’m going on down to Yasgur’s farmI’m going to join in a rock ’n’ roll bandI’m going to…
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
My friend Denise shared with me this charming legend about St. Francis of Assisi: The town of Gubbio had a serious problem. An enormous lone wolf was eating the villagers’ sheep. Several people tried to stop it — the shepherd,…