Category: Easter/Holy Week
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Between a Rock and Party Place
His name was Floyd Collins. He was a legendary spelunker, a cave explorer that is, and more generally a backwoods, homegrown son of the state of Kentucky. Back in the 1920s, it was Floyd who put Mammoth Cave, Kentucky on the map. It’s not that Collins discovered the cave system. It’s one of the largest […]
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The Carpenter is Dead
Blood runs along what remains of his left eyebrow. The drop hangs there for an instant and splashes to the ground. Stripped naked, on his knees, he lets his face fall forward into the dirt as the fading chill of early morning blows across his back; a back that more resembles something from a butcher’s […]
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Get Humble, Get Holy
In the coming days the world’s two billion Christians will begin celebrating Holy Week. This week, booked-ended by the festive days of Palm Sunday that honors Jesus’ “triumphal entry” into Jerusalem, and Easter Sunday that celebrates Jesus’ resurrection, contains some of the most significant events on the church calendar. Among others, there is Great Wednesday, […]