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Beyond the Veil Long before dawn, still only half-awake from the dream, I dressed hurriedly. Carefully, I folded a tiny vial of blood and a fragment of unleavened bread into a square of discarded

Essay, For June 7 roundtable, "Remember When." Words, 419 Day of disillusion By Winslow Parker "Jesus is coming!" they proclaimed. "He will be here on October 22. Be ready!" They gathered

Lightning Strikes As megavolt spark etches its questing zigzag on ink-black sky; As negative reaches for positive in its cloudy embrace, So, my spirit reaches out to You, the Infinite Positive. I

The Adventures of Ewert Hamberlin in Her Majesty's Secret Service Or An Inept Spy By Winslow Parker With gratitude to John Cronin, Mitch Lang, and Dawn Suvino for their contributions, all of their

Three Mothers They stood a scant few feet from each other, these three women. They did not notice each other. Mary looked up at her Son, seeing the wounds, inflicted by cruel men, etched in his

Great-Grandpa's Watch My father gave me a family heirloom. It's not worth a great deal, but it came from his grandfather. It's a 19th century pocket watch. Its weight is nearly an eighth of a pound,

Wives Be Subject... Women are a profound mystery to most of us men. Granted, there are some men who understand the opposite gender, but they are in the minority. OK, I'll just speak for myself. You

The Two Incarnations Jesus "became flesh and dwelled among us," the act we call "The Incarnation." Jesus, crucified, risen, enthroned lives within us, a second incarnation; Spirit

Weather Standing in an open door, on this windy day, I feel the wind push against me, hear its song as it strums the bare deciduous branches and plays the evergreen needles as tiny harps. It is an

We love Him because. .he loved us first. It's one of those verses that is so familiar that we tend to ignore it as if it is the scenery of the block on which we live. Perhaps for

Two Sparrows What is the current price for a pair of sparrows? Isn't it one penny? Did you know that not even one of these two sparrows can falter, stop flying, or fall to the ground apart from your

You Don't Know What You're Doing As a senior theology student, I was expected to travel to a local SDA church and preach a sermon which would edify the congregation and give me practice. The

#Dance Me to the End of Love ".having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end."1 ".He loves them unto the end (or: the goal and attained destiny; the finished, purposed

Seeking Jesus came to "seek and to save that which was lost." He both sought and saved. Unless He did both of these, He was a failure. But He did succeed. All humanity is found within

On Judging God In the section of the Bible we Christians call "The Old Testament," He who created and sustains often portrays Himself as cruel, vindictive, and even self-serving. We judge His

Pearl's Pearls His name is Pearl Fryer. An African-American of minimal education, little income and yet a great heart and artistic eye, he has made a name for himself in the horticulture and

God's Sneaky Way of Crucifying Us Our spouses, children and grandchildren; our extended families, friends, acquaintances and enemies, our casual daily contacts, our every circumstance-all are the

Smokey's the Cat Chaser Why do dogs chase cats? You have to admit that is an extremely trivial philosophical question. Think about it, though. Dogs chase cats. Cats run. When a dog finally corners

The Tyranny of Beauty Depressed and suicidal, she came to the psychiatric unit on which I worked. "Nothing to live for," was all she said to the psychiatrist and counselors at first. "I've lost

Expectation and Expectancy I married Ida Newcomb on June 21, 1970. I had certain expectations of Ida; expectations about how she would treat me, take care of me and be a loving wife to me. These