Feed Animals in the Zoo

Just a perfect day.

David French

According to this narrative, the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade in 1973 was the seminal domestic event that inspired Christian conservatism. It represented a deadly corruption of our Constitution in service of a culture of sexual convenience in which human life was subordinate to sexual pleasure.

The response of the Christian right was both political and personal. That approach could be boiled down to a single sentence: Elect people of good personal character who will defend human life and religious liberty.

We went on that trip, and all we got was this lousy Trump.

Willie

Happy Birthday to this fine fellow.

None Better

"They Come Up to Me and Say, ‘Sir, Everyone Respects You, Sir.’"

God Bless Alejandro Escovedo

Velvet Guitar

St. Fiacre of the Oregano (and Parsley and Nasturtiums)

I’m sorry; what?

Easter in Brooklyn

St. John’s Park Slope: wonderful! Alleluia! The Lord is risen!

Beauty now begins the final movement

Malcolm Guite:

The Anointing at Bethany

Come close with Mary, Martha, Lazarus  
So close the candles flare with their soft breath  
And kindle heart and soul to flame within us  
Lit by these mysteries of life and death.  
For beauty now begins the final movement  
In quietness and intimate encounter  
The alabaster jar of precious ointment  
Is broken open for the world’s true lover,  

The whole room richly fills to feast the senses
With all the yearning such a fragrance brings, 
The heart is mourning but the spirit dances, 
Here at the very centre of all things, 
Here at the meeting place of love and loss 
We all foresee, and see beyond the cross.