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Tag Archives: longing
Whispers of an Unimagined Future
Photo by Robert Lukeman The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. The mysterious Map their Aunt Aloysia had … Continue reading
Posted in Story Power, The Wishing Map, Writing
Tagged fantasy, fiction, future, longing, mysterious, unknown, young adult
12 Comments
My Own Good Friday
Photo by Tim Umphreys When I was a young man, I began searching for the meaning of life. Along the way, I wrote a travel journal, a mix of prose and poetry, and labelled it Fool’s Odyssey. I was back home … Continue reading
Posted in Fool's Odyssey, Humor, Memoir
Tagged 1970s, Good Friday, hope, longing, My Real Memoir, purpose, young man
12 Comments
The Girl on the Train to Paris
Photo credit: Huffpost.com When I was a young man, I began searching for the meaning of life. Along the way, I wrote a travel journal, a mix of prose and poetry, and labelled it Fool’s Odyssey. My life of decadent sensualism … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Memoir, Poetry
Tagged funny, longing, Paris, purpose, romance, sensuality
15 Comments
Big Dumb Guy
‘Endless Tunnel’ photo by Jaroslaw Blaminsky When I was a young man, I began searching for the meaning of life. Along the way, I wrote a travel journal, a mix of prose and poetry, and labelled it Fool’s Odyssey. I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Fool's Odyssey, Humor, Memoir, Poetry
Tagged England, longing, meaning of life, purpose, travel, Wales
10 Comments
Strangers in a Strange Land
Have you ever felt a sense of incompleteness, a longing for something beyond your earthly reach? ~The Wishing Map “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged C.S. Lewis, Exodus 2:22, heaven, incomplete, longing, stranger, The Wishing Map
14 Comments
I Miss the World
I grew up near the beach in Southern California. Honestly, I didn’t go all that often once I grew up. But the moment we moved away, I missed it. I missed knowing I could. This pandemic has made me feel … Continue reading
Posted in Quips and Quotes
Tagged beauty, coronavirus, getaways, longing, pandemic, photoblog, pictures, travel, world
69 Comments
Best Vacation Ever?
It was Easter morning, the first time I’d ever decided to “get up and go to church.” I wasn’t sure I belonged, but when the preacher said, “He is risen” I joined in on the reply, “He is risen indeed!” … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Memoir, Religion/Faith
Tagged Alps, doubts, longing, spirituality, Switzerland, teaching
25 Comments
God, Are You There?
Connecting With God The trajectory of my life is toward God. Now. But it wasn’t always. My first few decades were spent racing in the opposite direction. I was raised a practical atheist, by which I mean God was simply … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Memoir, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged Bible, Jesus, longing, prayer, truth
59 Comments
Why I Believe: C.S. Lewis and Me – Part Two
My journey from atheism to faith To read Part One click here. I began to think of my longing for God as a hunger for a flavor that didn’t exist. Which seemed odd. But there was one example of such … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged atheism, C.S. Lewis, doubt, God, longing, truth
26 Comments
Windows
Few objects are so suffused with meaning. They’re seldom “just windows.” They are symbols of the past or of the future. Of possibilities, or missed opportunities. They taunt us with freedom. Or separate the unruly world outside from the neat … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Quips and Quotes
Tagged 1 Corinthians 13:12, art, dreams, fears, hopes, longing, photography, windows
20 Comments