[…] since I made that decision, a lot has happened that ultimately reoriented me back to the academy and to theological studies in particular. First, the job I took after graduating from Brigham Young University […]
[…] Somalis. Every day at work was like an African Union Summit, but instead of debating economics and politics we made shoes.” He returned the shoe to me. “Now I work in a home furnishings […]
[…] I recall she has recently delivered an infant, so her patterned dress smocks over a muddled waistline. Stockings black, sturdy shoes. I feel a surge of plain love at the distinctive way she nods […]
[…] will hazard a soft call for stories dealing with everything we’ve been writing about all along—our missions, politics, love affairs, parents and siblings and babies, crops and herds—with the Jesus parts left in, left […]
[…] and a lemon chiffon cake and they just drooled.” There was a grocery circular from the corner market and a letter inviting her to join the Great Books Club. She tossed everything into the […]
[…] disapproved) along with his daily pain aux raisins while he read his paper, especially the US sports news, and then a chapter in his French Bible—his attempt to repent of all this guilty pleasure. […]
[…] her his ticket), and once to get a tooth capped (Dr. Bunzel had verified the appointment ). Today he was working overtime again. The doorbell rang. “Bob!” Marsha shouted down the hall. “Could you […]
[…] the canyon on the Navajo bus. Only one person on our raft has been burning many calories today. I look over my shoulder at Terrill, our raftsman. He rotates his shoulders, his oars slack […]
[…] again, so he talked Craig into avoiding the subject of church attendance. Marc and Callie discussed books, politics, Callie’s children, and her struggle to support them. Craig usually said little. “I guess you remember […]
[…] maybe, especially when she was surrounded by the kind of high-powered executives she dealt with. But this news was a shock. After a small silence, Catherine said, “I’ve already got a church. I thought […]