Last week, someone came to see me. He works for the government. He was doing background checks on a friend of mine. Before I told him anything, I wanted to see his identification.  He made a joke about getting it at the local magic trick store. But we both took the ID seriously. It let […]

The plaza guards are still on guard. The now-walking man is long gone. The helpful man is still talking. “Think of a dad. Think of a grown son, working in the family business. They love each other. They trust each other. They work closely together, as if they are one. Sometimes, the son goes out […]

There is a building. There’s a sign on the door:  Father and Son Redemption Company. Everyone knows it’s an important company. No one knows, exactly, what’s happening behind the doors. Things have been pretty quiet in there for the past 400 years. No one in, no one out through the front doors. There is a […]

I was standing in conversation with a friend. It was a good conversation, thoughtful. As we were talking, I started hearing a conversation behind us. I listened to both. In the conversation behind us, a high school boy was arguing for a truth with the passion that high school boys argue. Confident, combative, and not […]

Jesus told a man to pick up his mat and walk. The man did. He picked up the mat and walked, right into the attention of the religious leaders. Jesus disappeared into the crowd. When asked, the man didn’t even know the name of the man who had told him to do the unimaginable. A […]