by campbell cloar | Jun 22, 2022 | Making God Relevant Again
One afternoon when I was four years-old, my mother settled me in the overstuffed living room chair. “Now sit quietly. Think of your toy boat on the water. Or the clock over there. Just let yourself become still.” I concentrated on the mantel clock with its...
by campbell cloar | May 8, 2022 | Making God Relevant Again
As shadows spread across the floor and little breaths of air move the curtains, I begin to stir in my bed. I sense my connection to all the ones who ever were alive and striving to grapple with the many challenges of existing on this planet, our Earth. Surely there...
by campbell cloar | Apr 22, 2022 | Making God Relevant Again
Have you ever tiptoed into someone’s room when they are asleep? There is something unsettling and a bit frightening. The room is filled with shadow, and the sleeping person is a different version of themselves. It is as though we have sidestepped into another world....
by campbell cloar | May 11, 2019 | Making God Relevant Again
One summer evening when I was five, I went to my room. The window was open. The air was still, and there was the occasional yellow smudge of a lightning bug in the darkness, out there in the yard. Occasionally, a small beetle would fly into the window screen with a...
by campbell cloar | Feb 16, 2019 | Making God Relevant Again
I remember Old Central School in Middlesboro, KY with its high ceilings and tall windows looking out on a playground covered in tiny rocks. Cinders from the coal furnace that heated the school in winter were scattered near rusted oil drums converted to trash barrels....
