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Thie is a Great Country
by Garrison Keillor
(May 1, 2025)
The American people are among the kindest on God’s green earth. If you think otherwise, you really need to get out more often and look around…
A Poet Reflects on Poetry
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Apr 26, 2025)
Poetry is a written way of painting with words…
A Happy Man Out for a Drive
by Garrison Keillor
(Apr 24, 2025)
We used to drive around with a big roa' map spread out and yell, 'I told you to turn west a half mile ago, ya dummy,” and now a robolady is our navigator directing us in gentle tones and road trips are more enjoyable. ic …
The Womb of Faith
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Apr 19, 2025)
Calligrapher Timothy R. Botts renders my Easter poem…
What I Go to Church For
by Garrison Keillor
(Apr 17, 2025)
I am part of the shrinking population of churchgoers and I sympathize with my neighbors who prefer to sleep late on Sunday, drink coffee in their pajamas, read the Times and bitch about the stupidity in high places…
A Somber Anniversary
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Apr 12, 2025)
Remembering Dietrich Bonhoeffer (at right in images of statues at St. Alban Church)…
A Few Words from an Elderly Uncle
by Garrison Keillor
(Apr 10, 2025)
Some readers have called my writing 'garbage,' but that's literary criticism and I don't take it personally. Same with 'I used to like your writing back when you were funny': each person is the judge of funny/unfunny…
Fiber with a Flait
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Apr 5, 2025)
This poet’s favorite snack is a bowl of buttered popcorn…
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Standing on the Sidewalk Shaking Hands
by Garrison Keillor
(Aug 7, 2024)
What remains powerful is love. My parents loved each other dearly and I witnessed this and it remains large in my life.…
Sony's The Forge Movie
by Rusty Wright
(Aug 16, 2024)
Absent father, resentment, respect…
What is Joy?
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Jul 13, 2024)
So how does joy differ from happiness?…
God is On Our Side...and Theirs
by James N. Watkins
(Aug 2, 2024)
America has always been more 'un-united' than 'United' during my lifetime…
Father of the Bride
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Aug 3, 2024)
Greg's chance to put into practice the advice he has given other fathers of the bride…
God Bless America (revisited)
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Jul 4, 2024)
The Stars and Stripes are remind us of our heritage as a nation…
My Take on the Question, So You Won't Have to Wait
by Garrison Keillor
(Jul 4, 2024)
The country is in a crazy place right now and if you love your country, you know this…
My Most Important Message in Forty Years
by James N. Watkins
(Sep 6, 2024)
All my conference keynotes condensed into one essential talk
Reagan Movie
by Rusty Wright
(Aug 23, 2024)
40th U.S. president's roots, relationships, revolution…
A Good Weekend in Georgia
by Garrison Keillor
(Nov 14, 2024)
I'm grateful that, as a kid, I got to experience 'visiting,' when the family got in the car and dropped in at someone's house and sat around and visited…
The Olympics of Life
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Aug 17, 2024)
The fireplace mantel in the Asimakoupoulos family room celebrates the Olympics...and the lessons for life that we can find in the games…
What Would Jesus Say to a Church Divided by Politics?
by James N. Watkins
(Sep 13, 2024)
Jim first posted this in October 2020, but the message remains just as relevant today…
Smokey Bear Turns 80!
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by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Sep 14, 2024)
Smokey the Bear just celebrated his eightieth birthday…
Seven Bad Housekeeping Habits
by Birttney Morgan / Apartment Therapy
(Jul 12, 2024)
Give these up and take back control of the mess…
What I Saw Sunday in New York
by Garrison Keillor
(Mar 20, 2025)
We hiked down Amsterdam Avenue to a lunch place and ordered breakfast and had a very amiable time. Tom and Jean, it turned out, are Catholics so they'd come to my Episcopal church as tourists, and we started telling Catholic jokes…
Make America Good Again!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Jul 20, 2024)
What our country needs is a return to good old fashion values…
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Movie
by Rusty Wright
(Nov 4, 2024)
Humor with meaning…
Flying West for a Look See
by Garrison Keillor
(Sep 5, 2024)
I'm nobody who'd be intending to blow up a plane or demand that it fly me to Iran. No, I'd only hijack a plane so I could grab a microphone and lead the passengers in song…
An Accounting of What I've Been Up To
by Garrison Keillor
(Feb 20, 2025)
The shows being down South, people enjoyed hearing me talk about Minnesota winter back in my boyhood, waking up on a twenty-below morning, a blizzard in progress, but no mention of school cancellations…
Average Joe Movie
by Rusty Wright
(Oct 8, 2024)
Supreme Court, praying football coach backstory…
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