IN THE MIDST OF THE TERRIBLE: “IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL”
One of my favorite authors, Frederick Buechner, wrote, “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” I have to admit that it feels like the “terrible” has outpaced the “beautiful” in these days of COVID numbers, social and political turmoil and economic hardship. Mass media fills our screens each hour with ocean-storm
Failure isn’t your destination.
I try to avoid playing Monopoly. Not just Monopoly, but any board game that includes the kind of setbacks like “Go to Jail” that may send you back to the first step of the contest. You know, so many of us spend our lives under the oppression of a board-game suite of rules. We allow
The Vaccination for these Uncertain Times
We’re surely in the middle of some tough days. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I watched a particular news channel show footage of cargo transports in New York containing dead bodies. I teach a university Mass Media course on occasion and I’ve learned how fear and anxiety can drive clicks and ratings. But still, the