G as in Good H as in Happy

Life, Getting on with

April 22, 2008

A dove nesting in the vines above the Labyrinth Garden at a downtown church, Austin, Spring, 2008. Quiet and green in the midst of the city: a garden does a body good.

It's satisfying to see something ancient spring to life, off the page.

Forgiveness

April 7, 2008

Rod Dreher again, this time on forgiveness, the Mennonites, death, friendship, a wonderful story in its way.

Too late to cancel a too-long comment (sorry, Crunchy Con), it's posted here anyway because it's what I think needs to be said. So:

The Opposite of a Poverty Mentality

April 4, 2008

Rod Dreher notes this story from the Dallas Advocate, and Sudan, and the Central Market parking lot.

For Priscilla and Joseph, the necessary money may as well have fallen from the sky.