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Aunt Mary’s alabaster lighthouse

THIS IS my Aunt Mary’s alabaster lighthouse nightlight. I have loved it since I was a little boy. I’ve had it for a long time now. Lately, I’ve been leaving it on every night. All night. Sometimes we can be a lighthouse for one another. Sometimes, only a small nightlight. What’s important is to stay lit, to keep on shining.

I DECIDED to go out for a country walk

I DECIDED to go out for a country walk, for as John Muir said, “Going out is really going in.” It would be the sort of walk much favored by me, with no identifiable goal or ambition. Just to see things and think about them, or not think about them as the case may be. Immediately after stepping out the

EVERY GOOD CHURCH has something special

EVERY GOOD CHURCH has something special to recommend it. The architecture perhaps. Or the beauty of the grounds. History, tradition. The feeling of spiritual uplift one gets from attending. Our Church O’ The Pines, under the big pine grove by the Mississippi, has all of these. But in truth, my favorite feature is the virtue of the congregation. Oh, I

The banks of a little stream

TODAY I came to the banks of a little stream, a place I like to go for repose and reflection. And to hear the song of flowing water. As I arrived, I came upon a woman bundled up in a big parka, and with her a small boy in an equally fluffy parka. On his back was a good sized