Chicken & dumplings, tested by the community

I was up at dark-thirty this morning, working on a big pot of scratch-made chicken & dumplings (including the dumplings) for a Monday “soup group” of faculty and staff at Campbell, when I realized that I take considerable comfort in knowing how to...

Of time and bus stops

It’s well before full daylight when Samuel walks down to the bus stop each morning about 6:20 a.m. When I follow a little later, giving the dog a morning romp, Samuel and his compatriots are quite a sight. Three boys wait at the same bus stop, all high school...

Can we labor for understanding?

Islamophobia appears to be on the upswing among some American Christians, and that’s a poor commentary on the state of the faith in those quarters.In New York City, a televangelist named Bill Keller has opened a “9/11 Christian Center” in a rented...