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Near the end of his sprawling, at times lyrical and at times infuriating epic novel, Iron Gustav: A Berlin Family Chronicle, Hans Fallada incorporates into his narrative the true story of a Berlin horse-and-buggy cab driver who in 1928 drove his horse-drawn carriage from Berlin to Paris and back.
I know it is useful and that my life probably depends upon it, but at the best of times, technology is not my favourite thing in the world.
Perhaps there is a third category.
Sixty-five years ago on this St. Bartholomew Day at 8:50 p.m., I took my first uncertain breath on the labour and delivery floor of the now demolished King’s Daughter’s Hospital in Duncan, British Columbia.
“In A Spacious Place” started on 8 July 2008 at Blogspot. After 74 posts at Blogspot it moved over to its current location at WordPress on 2 April 2010.
There is a lot of fear in the story in Luke 8:26-39 of Jesus’ encounter with
a man of the city who had demons.
Luke 8:26-39 tells the dramatic story of Jesus’ encounter with
a man of the city who had demons.
I do not remember when I first heard it, or what its source might be. But the saying has accompanied me for many years:
We are sitting in a coffee shop. The owner stops by our table and chats. Somehow the conversation moves to the calligraphy mounted on the wall behind our table.
In A Spacious Place 