The line “What fresh new hell is this?” was famously coined by the American critic Dorothy Parker when her writing was interrupted by the telephone. There’s something deeply true captured by Parker’s … [Read more...]
Pandemic Response in Four Dimensions
“Are we all going through a dark night of the soul?” he said. “That’s what one of my teachers said last week.” I have pondered that question for a month and have decided that I disagree. I do … [Read more...]
Wide Spot, December 2020: Contagion
In a photo that went viral recently, an elderly man with COVID-19 is seen from the back. His head is buried in the arms of a physician as he weeps. The hospital gown gaps open to reveal his spine, a … [Read more...]
Wide Spot, September 2020: Over the Meth Lab
One of the jokes going around has it that being a Canadian these days is like living over a meth lab. When I first heard this line, it was in reference to the intentionally stoked fear and loathing … [Read more...]
Doulas to the World
I wrote this several years ago--but it seems a good thing to post again--td For all creation is groaning in birth pangs together… Romans 8:22 It’s … [Read more...]
Keep Within
Keep within, And when they say, “Look here,” or “Look, there is Christ.” Go not forth; for Christ is within you. --George Fox, Quaker mystic Everywhere we look, … [Read more...]