Chin Musik

Sometimes you walk into the wrong truck. You stand at a conveyor belt, pondering what brown is actually doing for you. You hoist a package, read a number on a label that tells you which truck to load it in. Only, it’s 3 a.m. and you’re dazed. This is the antithesis of working smart, you think, a fact proven by your paycheck. But sometimes you walk into the right truck. You register for a literary… more

God, work and Scarlett

Published on 2012-01-02 09:45:08

With a dirty windshield, I drive to work around two in the morning. I tell myself I’m not completely cut off from giving this faith business a chance. Still, I can’t help cringing at the sermon-ending refrain of God can do wonderful things if you let him into your world to the tinkling of piano keys on a.m. radio. But one night Charles Colson says something to the effect that ethics are rooted in an… more

Waiting for my leg to vibrate

Published on 2011-12-13 14:22:58

I’m miles from words. In my absence from Chin Musik, I’ve migrated from the couch (a.k.a. “The Great Humbler”) to an air mattress in the garage. At Thanksgiving dinner, Paul said he thought it was his job to save me. We speak daily of spiritual matters. One day, he turned me on to Apostle Paul’s definition of love in First Corinthians, the one that begins “Love is patient, love is kind…” We agreed that it… more

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