Backward Mutters

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  • Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    The eldest sings with Wingate University’s University Singers. During their spring concert, they performed “Jesus Christ the Apple Tree”. The text is based on two passages of Scripture. The first is from Revelation 22:2 which reads: ‘On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops…

  • Life in the Full-Service Cage

    “Today, social media are hailed for empowering dissidents and undercutting tyrannies around the world. Yet it’s hard not to watch the Google video and agree with Forbes’s Kashmir Hill when she suggests that such a technology could ultimately “accelerate the arrival of the persistent and pervasive citizen surveillance state,” in…

  • Celebrity or Hero?

    When I ask the high school students at my church to name a celebrity, they can instantly rattle off a list of twenty. When I ask them to say who their heroes are, their response is usually quiet silence with furrowed brows. After they think about it awhile, however, a…

  • Christmas Concert

    The eldest is in the Glenn High School Concert Choir. Here is their performance of “Call to Advent” and “Noel”. “Noel” has grown to be my favorite over the season. You may view it at about the 2 minute mark.Here’s the translation of the Kituba text:“Noel! Noel! Jesus has come…

  • More Love to Thee

    I discovered Elizabeth Prentiss a couple of years ago. I acquired a copy of Stepping Heavenward after my grandmother died. Grandma Maude said it was her favorite book. Reading a fictional, girl’s diary was not something I was initially drawn to, but after picking up the book and reading it,…