Sleeplessness. This ordinary disruption affects many of us in some way. Whether it begins in the middle of the night or at its beginning, lying awake in the darkness is a petri dish for growing anxiety. Although not directly related to COVID-19, my inability to sleep through the night began in June 2020. As I worried about the past, present, …
In one of my favorite books, nineteenth-century author Hannah Whitall Smith tells the following allegory: “Satan called together a council of his servants to consult how they might make a good man sin. One evil spirit started up and said, “I will make him sin.” “How will you do it?” asked Satan. “I will set before him the pleasures of sin,” …
Head in Hands, the God-Man sagged forward, allowing the bleached stone to support His fatigued Frame. Stretched out before Him lay the haggard wilderness of the Judean hills. Although other regions of this terrain blossomed fertile and green, this barren outcropping had scant vegetation due to its scorching furnace heat and cutting desert winds. As far as His Eyes could see, …
I fell in love through correspondence. Not online, but through paper and ink. I met my pen-pal weeks earlier on a domestic flight. We attended neighboring colleges and reconnected over a few coffee dates before our summer schedules began. Airlines may have parted us internationally, but air letters endeared us emotionally. The outside of our letters were nothing special. Called …
