Tag: Personal reflections

by Linda Ryan I have a small book of quotations I’ve come across at various times and on various topics. It was inspired by Jan

by Maria L. Evans “Take,​ ​eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”–from the Words of

by Donald Schell PART 2/2 Just after my two and a half weeks of driving in Malawi, I was talking with Cleve McIntosh, a South

by Donald Schell I had an extended religious experience driving in Malawi. It only dawned on me after several days of driving what I was

by Donald Schell I was at my office sorting through books and papers, gear and artifacts when the plumber called. We’re closing the office at

Leaving the prison that night, I stood in the parking lot as the darkness fell around me. I was suddenly confronted with a vision of what faced me. Like a serpent, it wound its coils through generations, crushing innocence, suffocating love. Like a virus, it replicated itself, broadcasting itself through acts of violence and betrayal. Like a plague, it drew power from darkness and secrecy and from those who would turn their heads, unwilling to gaze directly upon its virulence.