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. 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 John […]

I might have mentioned that we start our mall walks by Red Robin. The parking is close to the door and closest to our house. I understand the irony of worrying about parking when you are going to walk. About half a mile away, at the far end of the mall, is a little manicure […]

“I bet John the Baptist wasn’t a fan of Christmas,” I said to Saint John. Nancy and John stopped and stared at me. The three of us had been walking quietly through the mall. I’d been thinking about John’s conversation with the community leader. I remembered that John the Baptist was mentioned right after Nicodemus […]

We went to the mall in the evening. It was a gamble. Some evenings the crowds are a little lighter, even during the Christmas season. Tonight wasn’t one of those nights. We sat for a bit in the food court. There were lines at Chick-fi-a, at the Thai food place, at the cheesesteak place. In […]