Nancy and I needed to do some Christmas shopping. We decided to head to the food court at the mall for supper and then shop. There’s a new Thai place, so we shared a plate with two entrees and rice. “You eat like you haven’t had anything for a couple days,” said the person at […]

Nancy and I were talking about why we don’t care for Christmas. It’s not that we are against the Incarnation of Christ. It’s not that we are protesting the commercialization of the holiday. It’s not that we are refusing to take sides in the “Holiday/Christmas” debate. We realized that it’s about the expectations. There are […]

There’s a fountain at our mall. During the day, the fountain runs, keeping the reflecting pool around it stirred up.  There are always people sitting in the benches around the pool, waiting for something. Or someone. Kids toss coins in the pool, which are gathered and given to Habitat and the Rescue Mission. You could […]

We found Saint John of the Mall sitting in front of the gift wrapping store. It’s not really a buying and selling store. That store closed. Now the space is used during December for a non-profit to raise funds by wrapping gifts for contributions. It was early. No one was around. We sat next to […]