WHERE IS GOD? He was just a little boy, on a week’s first day. He was wandering home from Sunday School, and dawdling on the way. He scuffed his shoes into the grass; he found a caterpillar. He found a fluffy milkweed pod, and blew out all the “filler.”...
Searching for God
Visiting Day
VISITING DAY He was looking forward to this moment all day long, after 6 days of labor and it finally arrived – Visiting Day! The man with the keys arrived to swing open the large, heavy doors. The cold gray hall springs to life in the warm glow of...
Tell Them
TELL THEM Some 14 years ago, I stood watching my university students file into the classroom for our opening session in the theology of faith. That was the day I first saw Tommy. He was combing his hair, which hung six inches below his shoulders. My quick judgment wrote...
Drink Plenty of Water
DRINK PLENTY OF WATER I’ve heard it. I’ve read it. As long as I have been running, it’s always been the same message: “drink plenty of water.” All along most race courses are water stations, and most runners slow down to drink a cup of cool water. Keeping your...
The Sparrow At Starbucks
THE SPARROW AT STARBUCKS by John Thomas Oaks It was chilly in Manhattan but warm inside the Starbucks shop on 51st Street and Broadway, just a skip up from Times Square. For a musician, it’s the most lucrative Starbucks location in the world, I’m told, and consequently, the tips...