“Do you see that bright one? Good. Now look to the left, like at the 10 o’clock position… do you see the dim lights? There are two of them… now look up and to the right, there’s a cloudy shape…” Never in my life could I have expected this, but there we were nonetheless. Standing … [Read More]
Loneliness, Nostalgia, and Madeleine L’Engle
It’s awkward at first. You try. It’s an email to someone new, and a hope for a response. It seems like it takes forever to write those first few lines, because it feels like if you don’t do it perfectly, all will be ruined. It’s going to lunch with a group of people after church, … [Read More]