This is the language of epiphany, but not in the lower sense that we often use the word today. We usually speak of “having” an epiphany. It is a way of talking that implies that such experiences are primarily subjective. One person’s epiphany is another person’s fantasy (or worse)....
Blessing the Chalk V. Our help is the name of the Lord: R. The maker of heaven and earth. V. The Lord shall watch over your going out and your coming in: R. From this time forth for evermore. Let us pray. Loving God, bless this chalk which you have created, that it may be ...
2. Whaddaya know, we're moving too -- except instead of three stops south, we had the epiphany that if you work online anyway, and if the other of you is finished (at last!!) with the doctorate, then ... why not live in the Caribbean? So, g'bye Indiana, hell-O Puerto Rico. ...
That, in my world, is a HUGE blessing. But regardless, it is still the death of my mother’s partner of over fifty years we’re talking about here. As much as we might toss it all around like so many common plans for the to-do list, we all know what this means. We are ...
While I’m sympathetic to the argument that impeachment is a tool for sitting officials only, I see little merit in the idea that the trial for an impeached sitting official can’t proceed because the Senate intentionally recessed to let the clock run out. Beyond that, with a majority of ...
It is a blessing to have neighbours who are friends, to have neighbours with lively twins who aged 10 make you cakes and yorkshire puddings.These things are precious and we should not take them for granted. Another of my communities is in shock.One of our members, only 51, died suddenly...
Torvald’s fury and accusations, which he feels after learning what she’s done, end up being a blessing in disguise. Torvald shouts, Nora has been her pride and delight for eight years, and now he has discovered her to be a hypocrite and a liar, and worse, worse than a criminal. In...
with the law enforcers’ blessing. Imagine making piles —“coming off” — and Being Untouchable.Friends say the young “stunts,” the gangster groupies, went crazy over them like rock stars, while the fellas whispered and pointed at them with fear, envy, and admiration. It was almost like...