In the Fast Lane
Slowing down, this holy season,
may be the way to go.
Letting go, at least an hour here
and there, of that wheel
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James and John
Lent 4 ¢ Introduction
One of the most fascinating and rewarding aspects of being an author is the varied nature of the responses one receives from readers. In recent years I have learned from these that my two earlier Faces... books, Faces at the Manger and Faces at the Cross, were found to be helpful, not only in private, personal devotion life, but also, on occasion, in public worship. Creative pastors, and lay people also, have adapted the musings of the various Faces as dramatic monologues, or even, in one college in Canada, into a whole Christmas Eve service. This week's meditation, in the persons of James and John, might possibly be adapted (into two voices perhaps) for such use on Transfiguration Sunday.
November Dusk
The Eve of Christ the King
Gray, fading, year-worn light
portends an absence of anticipation.
No consideration, even, as to whether
or not it will begin again after
the evident onset of the dark....