Monthly Archives: November 2014

This parable has always unnerved me.  Ten bridesmaids await the groom.  Five have oil for their lamps; five don’t.  The bridegroom is delayed; the bridesmaids fall asleep.  At midnight, there’s a shout:  “Look!  The bridegroom!  Come meet him.”  All ten … Continue reading →

I got called up for jury duty this week.  I do love these civic processes–voting, working the polls, responding to a jury summons.  It reminds me that I’m part of a larger whole—often, with people who are quite different from … Continue reading →