From my friend Michael Frost… Two tragedies at sea this week. A reminder that every life is equally precious.

"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable."--Mary Oliver, "Evidence"

Rodriguez, subject of Oscar-winning doc 'Searching for Sugar Man,' dies at 81 detroitnews.com/story/entertai… via The Detroit News

Did you know today is National Vinyl Record Day? In celebration of our 90th season in club history, we present Gridiron Heroes, one of the oldest fight songs in the NFL, on a custom vinyl record made by Detroit's own Third Man Records. RT for a chance to win one!

In 2012, French beekeepers faced an intriguing enigma: their beehives were producing blue and green colored honey. The unexpected answer to this mystery was eventually found – the bees were frequenting a nearby M&M factory. During that summer, several bee colonies in Eastern

An alcoholic friend of Philip Yancey once said to him: “When I'm late to church, people turn around and stare at me with frowns of disapproval. I get the clear message that I'm not as responsible as they are. When I'm late to AA, the meeting comes to a halt and everyone

Since it's a fine day for love poems — one of my favourites, by joa. 💝

Grosse Pointe will be setting for NBC pilot about gardening club caught up in murder freep.com/story/entertai…

Walker, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more. Walker, there is no road, the road is made by walking. Walking you make the road, and turning to look behind you see the path you never again will step upon. Walker, there is no road, only foam trails on the sea.-A. Machado

Even the juror who said she got all her news from Truth Social voted GUILTY on ALL 34 counts. That’s how guilty Trump was.

So sad this needs to be said.

It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings. "The Real Work", Wendell Berry

3 Levels of Hummus youtube.com/shorts/3J4-Tmm… via YouTube

When people think of elections, they usually focus on who might win and the policies that the winner is likely to enact once in office. But equally important in a democracy is how the loser reacts...Democracies survive only if losers accept the results.--Barbara Walter.

C.S. Lewis to J.R.R. Tolkien [after reading the completed typescript of The Lord of the Rings]:

It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings. --Wendell Berry

Hope is optimism with a broken heart. —Nick Cave A helpful outlook for this broken season of American life.

My favorite Tony moment: Having him teach for my DMin cohort, and then all of us heading out to see Nacho Libre in the theater. I’ll never forget his laugh, joy, and passion for God’s justice. Thank you Tony Campolo

“Thoughts and prayers.” “There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” -Miroslav Volf

The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.