Category Archives: Day Journal Recently, new photos were released of the famed “Horsehead Nebula.” The cloud of cosmic dust has been known for several decades for its distinctive dark silhouette shaped like a seahorse. But these new photos, using deeper infrared vision reveal the true depth of the horse head. Up close, it doesn’t look like a solid mass,…  He’s been given six months. Standing at the computer in the room, I wonder how it must feel to know the inevitable will happen, and soon. But really, when you weigh this short life with eternity, we’re all living in full knowledge that our lives are ending, and soon. His hair has grown back along…  We had canoed into the Boundary Waters wilderness, trudged over portages with heavy backpacks, and slapped at angry mosquitos. Tired and exhausted, we boiled Ramen noodle soup over the campfire and after the plates had been rinsed in the lake, my sweaty, slightly smelly friends crawled into sleeping bags. I stayed awake; walked to the…  We’re somewhere between Omaha and Des Moines, next to a sign that welcomes us to try Boondocks Cafe when she whispers it. “It’s like I’ve finally been willing to walk into the woods,” she continues, “kneel down and there in the silence, ask God what He wants me to be.” She dabs at her eyes; dabs…  The darkness overshadows the sun. So I sit in my armchair, the day dying outside and read the news. And once I start, I can’t stop because the chaos overwhelms me and everywhere are guns and bombs and hurt and I just shake my head. My coffee grows cold; I grow angry. And I seriously… |
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