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Creation

Michael R. Jones

I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world. ”Mary Oliver Even on hot days the tall grass keeps water in the veins and folds of its...

Faith and Hope

Michael R. Jones

But having this hope for what we cannot yet see, we are able to wait for it with persevering confidence. ”Romans 8:25 As for Powell on the Colorado, relaxed...

Chastity

Michael R. Jones

To a body pierced by pleasure_grant an adultrous heart, grant unslaked desire,_command the ungelded, though wildly off_balance: stand still._Chastity requires a man_who feeling the weight of the stone in...