Life | Telling the Truth

“Several years ago…”

This true story is at the end of Confessions of a Beginning Theologian. I referred to it in a recent post. Here’s more of the story, including the way it played out in my life a year later.

Several years ago I was in my car, on my way to the first day of spring semester classes. I felt shaky and uncertain. A year earlier, students had lodged serious complaints against me. They were reported to me anonymously at the end of the semester; several pages, single-spaced and typed. I was devastated. Read the rest of this entry »

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January 30, 2015

gray-blue monuments

come to rest on sandy shore–

bleached remnants of life

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January 30, 2015

Hospitality and Strangers | Part 1

This past week I’ve written posts, read books, visited bloggers and watched events here at home and overseas. Only a few focused on hospitality, much less hospitality to and from strangers. Yet I couldn’t get this theme out of my mind. So I’m going to try writing it out.

A few things about hospitality and me
I am NOT the hostess with the ‘mostest.’ Read the rest of this entry »