by Guy Sayles | Jul 14, 2025 |
Val Vesa, Unsplash In Still Life, the first of her Inspector Armand Gamache mysteries, Louise Penny has him say: “There are four things that lead to wisdom. . . . They are four sentences we learn to say and mean . . . . I don’t know. I need help. I’m sorry. I was...
by Guy Sayles | Jun 15, 2025 |
Chagall, White Crucifixion Over the last several years, I’ve watched churches (and families) become bitterly divided by politics. I’ve offered support to clergy who have felt battered by congregants who insisted that their pastors support openly a MAGA agenda or else...
by Guy Sayles | May 31, 2025 |
This morning, the sky over Asheville was clear and blue, with a few bright white cottony clouds. The air was cool; there was a mostly gentle, sometimes brisk, breeze. Walking in downtown was a pleasure. I resisted, as I’m trying to do lately, immediately poking...
by Guy Sayles | Apr 29, 2025 |
During Holy Week this year, Anita and I took a long-dreamed-of trip to London. We traveled with our son, Eliot, and his wife Tatyana, and being with them added immeasurably to the joy we experienced. Surprisingly, the weather was sunny and warm nearly the whole time...
by Guy Sayles | Mar 28, 2025 |
M Cowie, Unsplash These days, laments are often the only prayers I have. I’m simultaneously shocked and unsurprised at the capriciousness, incompetence, and cruelty of political leaders whose vision of the nation and the world is clouded by greed, prejudice, and...
by Guy Sayles | Mar 16, 2025 |
https://unsplash.com/@tama66 “Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions,” the poet Hafiz said. It’s cheapest only in the sense that it is the shabbiest, least hospitable, and most uncomfortable. In another sense, fear...
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