(Un)pleasantries

“Smile and wave, boys; smile and wave.” It happens sometimes. I’m walking through the grocery store, and I run into someone I haven’t seen in a while. It’s always good to see old acquaintances, but I never know what to say anymore. “How’s it going?” is a frequent greeting. How do I answer that? Standing […]

Not meant to be taken literally

A few weeks ago we are at church, listening to a talk about the Beatitudes, and during a certain part my wife looked over at me and smiled. She knew i was thinking about this:

Having a moment

The other day we’re singing in church, a song that we don’t sing very often but I used to back when I was a kid, and for a minute I had the calmest feeling come over me. And as I’m writing this I’m tempted to write something like “intensely calm” because it was that much […]