Judgment Day!
This short story grew out of my meditations on Jesus’ command to “Enter by the narrow gate.” It was Judgment Day! It seemed that Drael had been waiting his whole life for today to come. At the tender age of 6 revs, he had been looking forward to this day for most of it. It […]
The Rock
Once upon a time, there was a rock. The Rock had stood alone and proud at the top of the mountain for as long as anyone could remember. It was bleak, and cold and windy at the top of the mountain but the Rock liked it that way. Alone. Up here, the Rock was king. […]
Jimmy
Of all the short stories I’ve written (there aren’t really that many) this is my favorite, about Jimmy, the sexton in a large metropolitan parish, and a very special Midnight Mass. Jimmy Jimmy opened his housekeeping closet and withdrew the longest of his step-ladders. He’d need it to reach the Madonna, and tonight, She had […]
The Christmas King
(Twenty years or more ago during the week before Christmas Eve I was pondering what it was about the baby Jesus that led the shepherds to recognize Him for who He was. From those meandering thoughts arose this story that I used as a sermon, I think. Now, twenty-plus years later, the images of walls […]
“Are You the One?”
This short story grew out of my meditations on the message that John sent to Jesus from prison. Once upon a time there were two parents, a loving Mother and Father, who had to go away for a long time. Now, this mother and father had many children. A big family, at least a dozen […]
Evangelism
Of the short stories I’ve written, this is my wife, Sara’s favorite. I should caution you before you begin that the language in it is rough. If you’re easily offended by cursing, don’t read it, but this is how it had to be. I wrote it because my part of the Christian family, the Episcopal […]
