The first time I ever wept reading a book…”The Chosen”

Journal Entry - 8-27-07
[to give a little background, this was a journal entry from last night that I wanted to share with whomever…I just finished The Chosen, and here were my initial whatever…A brief synopsis for those who aren’t familiar with Judaism or The Chosen, two Jewish boys growing up in Brooklyn named Reuven [...]

Did Jesus Laugh?

i recently read the book The Name of the Rose. it was a quite entertaining and simultaneously thought-provoking work of literature. you see, often entertaining books are mindless and thought-provoking books are boring. so it was refreshing to have a book which combined both. this is actually something i love about [...]

p.s. i started working on my book again

if any of yall are reading my book that i am working on via the internet, then i wanted to let you know that i updated part 1 substantially. i cut some and added some and hopefully made it flow a little before. who knows.
i look fwd to any comments.

“All Souls” - transforming the community

i have been reading a bunch of stuff recently, all of which has been extremely interesting to say the least.
but i wanted to just share a little about a book i just finished called All Souls, written by Michael Patrick MacDonald. He was a guy who grew up in South Boston, “Southie”, [...]

the Wind

in babel we tried magnificent deeds,
hubris to build ourselves a strong tower.
we were scorched by Wind and scattered like weeds,
under His wrath we witnessed His power.
twas no enough, we learned not our lesson.
again, with His symbol, to a tower
we flock; under a steeple we hasten
thinking His bellows wont make us cower.
now we light a furnace, [...]