Feb
19
Oh, dear God, you see how weak I am? I can’t even finish a simple Visigoth metaphor.
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When people talk about the common cold, they say it’s “going around” — a turn of phrase I never fully appreciated until today, when around ever corner lurked the specter of illness: the hollow-throated wheeze, the slimy snuffle, the baritone reverberations of a hacking cough. Its oppressive presence has infiltrated my circle of friends: first […]
Feb
2
As a natural pessimist, an avid student of American history, and a born-and-bred Anabaptist (that last one is meant as a joke swaddled in truth), I often find it difficult to express in great volume any semblance of patriotism. I prefer to put my faith in God’s kingdom rather than the domain of the world. […]