Abnormal – nonsense. Suggests a norm, which is a tag placed on those who don’t conform to an elite’s view of itself.

Micro: When his mind detached from his body he saw the murderer stab him repeatedly. Later, he told the detective - who retired. He blamed stress.

Jack the Ripper – media myth arising when clever individual murderers concocted a monster so as to avoid suspicion.

Micro: Letters create words. Words create language. Language, we are told, permits knowledge & expression. Language is what we are. Are we jailed?

War – conflict where people are made to kill to live. Caused by less than 1% of a population – and experienced by the rest.

I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people.

Our own pulse beats in every stranger's throat.

If you recall the happiest moments in your life, they are all from when you were doing something for somebody else.

Giving the reader the space to move around and be active, and encourage their active response is important to me. That will connect the reader more to the text.

For the raindrop, joy is in entering the river.

Entertaining on any scale can be stressful and daunting.

The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other sort of war.

You gotta be think'n Sam Adams, not drink'n Sam Adams

The Christian life has been nothing more and nothing less than a daily dependence on and a rediscovery of God's grace.

Our world is so bursting-full of natural wonder that we are all experiencing a sensory overload. We are no longer perceiving all of Ú the details, just the ones that immediately interest us.