Is Palin Eligible?

Well, in his recent address at the 2008 Republican National Convention, the former New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani threw down the gauntlet, and even though Giuliani wasn’t addressing me, I’ve taken up his challenge. Giuliani said, “How dare they question whether Sarah Palin has enough time to spend with her children and be vice president. [...]

Dominican Market

I walked along the market street,
My camera wrapped around my hand;
The noises of the swift and fleet
Motos, carros, camionetas— manned
By dexterous drivers— passed me by
Unnoticed, unremembered until I try.
I peer into the shops and stalls,
Observing people, observing wares;
So much to see, to hear— but walls,
Not between vendors but in their stares,
Keep me out, though I [...]

Dragon’s Domain

What is a group of dragons called?
I posed this riddle a month ago. In truth, the question itself is a bit misleading, “Do dragons even group together?” The answer plays upon that suggestion, for the answer is…
…a wilderness of dragons.
I first found this phrase in a book by Tolkien, and I believe that it is [...]

Thyself Reckon Dead

Thyself reckon dead, and then thou shalt fly
Free, free, from the prison of earth to the sky!
Spring may come, but on granite will grow no green thing;
It was barren in winter, ’tis barren in spring;
And granite man’s heart is, till grace intervene,
And, crushing it, clothe the long barren with green.
When the fresh breath of Jesus [...]

Zwemer, Luther, Nygren on Agape

“Love in the Christian sense is primarily God’s own love. ‘God is nothing but an abyss of eternal love.’* Christian love is spontaneous, overflowing. It is not like the world’s love, evoked by a desire for its object. It is without respect of persons. It is love even for our enemies.”
Samuel Zwemer, Islam and [...]