Pillars of Salt

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. They were less than righteous people, the residents of Sodom and Gomorrah. They were immoral, self-absorbed, violent, threatening to violate total strangers just to debase them. God wasn’t inclined to believe… Continue reading Pillars of Salt

A Bit of Horn Blowing

I had dinner last night with a good friend, who gently chided me about having to get news about my writing life from a mutual friend. “That’s why I follow your blog,” she said. Now, for someone who works in marketing, that was a pretty humbling reminder of a very basic tenet: people get their… Continue reading A Bit of Horn Blowing

Friends in Faith: Paula Lazor

One of the first times I spent serious time with Paula Lazor, she talked of helping and defending a good friend. The friend was an elderly woman who had said something untoward after a lifetime of professional excellence and was being treated as a pariah as a result. Paula’s eyes flashed as she told the… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Paula Lazor

Death by a Thousand Cuts

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. A friend recently found her nonprofit organization under attack… because a prospective client for another of her endeavors noticed she had a pro-life license plate. Another friend finds… Continue reading Death by a Thousand Cuts