Babel: on obedience

Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us…

Five Minute Friday: Comfort

Five Minute Friday. The word is "comfort." Today my brother graduates from college. We went to a reception with his department -- Aerospace Engineering, if you want to know -- and stood around balancing traditional reception plates full of traditional reception foods, and chit-chatted with other graduates and their families. Four years ago, I was…