Let the Lower Lights Be Burning!

It’s a line from a great old hymn which probably nobody else will recognize, but that’s okay. It comes to mind this Autumn because, although the Poconos have always been known for our brilliant autumn colours, this year was disappointing. The leaves in the canopy, the high,mature trees, just..turned brown and fell off. I have … Continue reading Let the Lower Lights Be Burning!

ā€The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places..ā€

September 11. I woke up and turned on the TV, hoping to hear that they had caught Charlie Kirk’s killer. The screen blossomed with the roiling, fulminating smoke of the twin towers giving up the ghost on that awful day 24 years ago.Yesterday I saw the video of Charlie Kirk’s shooting. His rose-red lifeblood bursting, … Continue reading ā€The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places..ā€