Stuff in the Basement

“ But at your rebuke the waters fled,  at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;  they flowed over the mountains,  they...

A January thaw is what all of us look forward to right now, a breath of warmth that reopens our hope that someday soon April will return....

From her chair in the living room, she knew something was wrong because the sound she was hearing just wasn't right, as if the door w...

She died young, just 42, but then most biographies claim she never was particularly healthy. She was, I suppose, the quintessential church...

I'll be honest. If you think Donald Trump is an answer to prayer--lots of people do--then you'll hate Trevor Noah. No question. N...

Start here. He was a seaman, a sailor, merchant marine. Twice in his short life on board he lived through shipwrecks. He married someon...

“He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.   You covered it with the deep as with a garment;  the waters stood abo...

Just exactly how cold is it? When I was downtown yesterday, a half-dozen people were walking around with forks stuck to their tongues....

If I'm not mistaken, it was the superstar Willie Mays who tried to play without knees, tried to play when he couldn't cover groun...

Finally, the last installment. As a young writer, I was clueless about things like length. Sorry it took so long, but I must admit I did e...

What was clear was that they weren't leaving the schoolhouse. But then, what could she do? She had to keep them occupied. . . ______...

She hadn't guessed Johnny would have hurt her deliberately, but he had. She'd burned her fingers when she picked up a hot marble h...

He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.” Psalm 104:4 The story, in Chadron, Nebraska, that summer, was what...

The story you're reading is just about forty years old. This version differs immensely from the original--not in substance, but in ...