• Lost and Found Art Forms

    Like some ancient languages, there are certain art forms that are on the endangered list. They include forms like script illumination and puppetry. In the case of “fore-edge painting”, the art is being reborn in young artists like Maisie Matilda.Fore-edge painting dates back to the tenth century AD, five-hundred years before the invention of the

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  • A Story of Christmas

    Mary slipped into the small space between the neighbor’s house and the wooden slats of the fence that penned the goats. There was a recess there and a small depression in the ground where she could kneel, unseen, and spy through the narrow gaps in the fence. No one else knew this place, not even

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  • For My Next Title…

    I love the Bible. I love the layers upon layers of meaning you find as you study and meditate on the scriptures. I love the simplicity of the gospel, on its surface. I love the ever-growing metaphoric complexity of His word, as you come to know God in all the various aspects that give depth

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  • September 2022

    The beginning of September was very busy, with all the effort focused on September 22nd, the Vernal Equinox and launch day for The Practician. With the exception of technical difficulties in uploading the print version to Ingram Sparks, and Barnes & Noble, Everything went fairly smoothly. As it is, the print version is available exclusively

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  • The Patrician, a Review

    The Patrician, by John Galsworthy It took me some time to finish reading this. I have any number of excuses for that. I’m a slow reader, or perhaps just thorough. I don’t get enough time to read and, often when I have time I’m just too tired to make sense of it. I am reading

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