A stroll through Germany and memory lane with the author, Arthur Powers.
To Everything, There Is A Season
The rhythm and balance of time speak deeply to our hearts. There is indeed a time for all things, however, the beauty of God is He is outside of time, and therefore our prayers to Him can be as well. Recognizing the limitations of time has us appreciate it all the more.
Cousins
I write from Madeira, a Portuguese island in the Atlantic Ocean, six hundred miles southwest of the mainland. A beautiful place. It is the peak of an underwater mountain range; the rocky slopes rise at steep angles out of the gunmetal gray sea. Semi tropical in climate, the island is […]
The Power of Babel
Our daughter, Angelica, is an interpreter. Born and primarily raised in Brazil, she is fluent in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. She mostly translates for medical and physical therapy patients. She enters a room where a patient is struggling to communicate with a doctor. When Angelica addresses patients in […]
Lessons from the Garden
I have growing sympathy for Mr. McGregor. McGregor, you may remember, is the mean old man who chases Peter Rabbit out of the garden. If I remember correctly (unlike Winnie the Pooh and Wind in the Willows, Peter Rabbit is not a book one tends to read as an adult), […]
Lessons from a Lighthouse
As I write, my wife and I are spending a week on Ocracoke Island. Ocracoke, part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, can only be reached by ferry. It is a quiet place of wind and waves, sand, small scrub forests, and friendly people—who like to take time—who like […]
Names Matter
I need a name. A short story is living in my head. Or should I call it the embryo of a short story — no, it is a fetus, because it kicks and wants to be born. It’s been in my mind for about two years — not a long […]