Ponderings
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Eleven Minas
My younger son is autistic, which can make church a unique experience at times. If the speaker during the service says, “Let’s read Psalms 23,” he will groan out loud—so people can hear around us. (For the record, it’s “The book of Psalms,” but an individual psalm should just be called “Psalm 23.”) If the […] Read more…
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Texts for The Light
These are the texts for my dissertation, The Light (2003, Chamber Orchestra). These texts are in the public domain, and this arrangement/edit of the texts is also in the public domain as of March 8, 2024. Please feel free to use these however you feel led. There are no use restrictions, and I claim no […] Read more…
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Why This Tree?
In my early days teaching at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, I was given a parking spot in a garage that was a ten-minute walk from my building. They told me there were no spots available in the parking lot right next to the building and said I could add my name to a […] Read more…