Archive for March 2020

Two weeks into the COVID quarantine, and things are looking serious. Each day, there are enough people dying to have filled my small church. In my mind’s eye, I imagine them—mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, sons, and daughters—all perfect strangers, filling rows in our sanctuary. Then they blink out, there and gone, their souls floating off…

Here in locked-down California, I find myself saying things I never thought I’d say in America, such as, “Today, I found meat in the grocery store!” Also, I am sharing grocery run duties with a couple of kind neighbors. The other day I received this text from my neighbor Debbie, who (like me) is serious…

I was getting my daily dose of the Wall Street Journal when I came across this story: “Seven Reasons Why South Korea’s BTS is an American Phenomenon.” Curious, I read further about BTS, the squeaky-clean boy band that’s conquering the planet. Then I watched a couple of videos. If I admit I like them, do I…