In Search of Holy Places
I have always loved that moment between sober and drunk. That state of happy: when you smile through words without slurring them; when you’re so giddy you can whirl without diving to the floor; when you are bold enough to be yourself without being an absolute fool; and especially when the entire world is all […]
MoreI do not like polls or surveys. A poll or survey will immediately ask you for a choice candidate, and you, without conscious deliberation, will pick one. It robs a voter of the chance for an informed vote. I just realized that I choose people everyday. Who makes breakfast? Who watches the kids? Who drives […]
MoreThe first time we meet someone, we often ask, “So, what do you do?” The acceptable answers: Lawyer, senator, business tycoon, doctor, born into a prominent family, an actor, or a priest. These things we can easily check off as a “made man” doing work we brand as “worthy.” But there are a handful of […]
MoreOften star-struck, we are easily swayed by endorsements of actors, socialites, of the country’s who’s who, the popular, media, and all the glitz. They endorse one candidate and the gullible flock to the marketable choice. They ask me, who is Nick Perlas, why is he not advertising? Nick Perlas does not need advertising. He will […]
MoreNo one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. Luke 5:37-38. And that is exactly the kind of change we are in desperate need of: a […]
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The Girl and the Grail 