Not-yet-published pieces, stories, essays, rants, and random strangenesses

The drive itself took, what, fifteen minutes? Twenty at most. At the time, St. Paul was definitely I arrived early at Mazakute Episcopal...

Holly was my friend, probably my best friend for a while, in college. She appeared sometime during my sophomore year. She was a little...

“When I was thirty years old and living among the exiles by the Kebar River, on the fifth day of the fourth month, the heavens opened and...

Here’s a recent newsy tidbit you may have missed. Pat Robertson Predicts “Mass Killing” Yahoo News, Wed Jan 3, 5:32 AM ET VIRGINIA BEACH,...

Adam’s question yesterday about the redemption of the firstborn got me thinking about the whole biblical concept of redemption, and...

In many countries, a sneeze that occurs after making a statement is often interpreted as a confirmation by God that the statement was...

by Jason Godesky, The Anthropik Network I’m dazzled by so much that Jason Godesky has to say, but this article is, to my mind, one of his...

Woman Dies After Snakebite In Church LONDON, Ky., Nov. 7, 2006 Associated Press A woman died after being bitten by a snake during a...

A Neuroscientific Look at Speaking in Tongues By BENEDICT CAREY, The New York Times, November 7, 2006 The passionate, sometimes rhythmic,...