Little Big Moments

I began writing this essayette in the airplane’s exit row after paying $47 for the extra legroom. I am over six feet tall, so it’s worth it. A little earlier, I boarded the plane and passed the short people stretched out in first class.

Canada geese reside in my neighborhood pond. Although they spend time in Canada, most of the year-round time is spent in the United States.

On the recent “What’s Trending” segment on 97.9 The Hill, Victor Lewis and Aaron Keck discussed Shibumi Shades.

I suppose it is like a pastor to begin a musing with an old hymn, yet a walk on the beach at dawn brought “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” to mind.

Michael Koh is a terrific writer, and his gifts are on display in his series of humorous and...

James Davis was a Presbyterian pastor and poet. His funeral was held last Saturday at my church, and his family gave me a copy of his poetry book Seek the Counsel of Trees.

Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out” was blaring in my head as I drove past the schools this week. I can picture today’s students joyfully slamming lockers and throwing papers in the air like in the movie Dazed and Confused.

I love to listen to baseball games on the radio. It’s a habit I picked up after college when I was working part-time jobs to scrape rent together and couldn’t afford cable.

Recently, my faith community, Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church, has partnered with Undue Medical Debt, a national nonprofit that buys medical debt from creditors.

Like many listeners, I was moved by Eric Church’s commencement address at UNC. He struck a particular chord with me because I learned to play guitar in college after a period in my life when I’d lost my way or, as Church described, “fell out of tune.”