What’s the difference? And how is the church today being led astray? Apart from the obvious – frogs hop between lily pads, sheep wander between pastures – as to metaphors there’s not a lot of difference. A frog, so the experiment goes, will jump out of a pot of boiling water but if placed in […]
Letter: When To Say “No”
Just before midnight this Thanksgiving Eve, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 blocking New York Governor Cuomo’s restrictions on religious services. LifeSiteNews is hailing the decision as a victory for First Amendment rights. I disagree. Ironically, the One Year Bible reading for this Thanksgiving Day includes the account of Daniel and friends who refused […]
Letter: Let them eat cake – Washington legislators jet to Hawaii despite COVID travel restrictions
As of this writing we do not know who these representatives are from Washington, nor whether they are Democrats who usually comprise the majority in attendance at these junkets, or whether they are Republicans. The four-day conference started Monday and since then some from California have fessed up. None from Texas as far as is […]
Letter: Folding The Flag, A Band Of Brothers
There was no need for words. The four Veterans were there to honor over 1,100 of their fellow Veterans interned at Camp Lewis Cemetery, their white gravestone markers standing like sentinels in neat rows. Each of the 13 folds of the Stars and Stripes was gently laid over to create yet another triangle of cloth. […]
Letter: To Hear Again A Lullaby
Within the heart-shaped hedges of Lullaby Land are the gravesites of infants and children. A flagstone path leads into the small, perfectly tended garden. At the very center of the heart is a stone figure of a cherub. Its wings are unfurled as if it has just arrived and perched on its pedestal; its finger […]
Tillicum News for November
The Tillicum Woodbrook Neighborhood Association (TWNA) in-person meetings continue to await a safe return but, in the meantime, read the November 2020 newsletter, as there is a good deal of important information. Library announcements; board member nominations; town clean up dates; Pierce County Alert signups; and Safe Parking locations for vehicle residents.
Letter: Just Passing Through
They had met on the train. He was a handsome soldier on reassignment just passing through. “May I sit here?” he had asked. And so it began. Fifty-eight wonderful years of marriage eventually followed that first encounter. He has been gone some years now, and sometimes she will go to a railway station – it […]
Letter: “Going To The Garden!”
With that four word proclamation my mother would head out to pursue her greatest passion, the nurturing of beauty. No greater joy, no time better spent, no more captivated audience of one than she when surrounded by her flowers. It seemed that the closer to the earth mother was, the happier she grew. What was […]
Letter: Lonely
“Beep, beep, beep, beep ….” As Harry Nilsson listened to the incessant sound indicating a busy signal, he wrote the words to a 1968 hit song which became known for its opening line: “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.” Is there any more poignant single word to describe how we sometimes feel […]