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Animal Farm Movie
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Everybody in the Park on Sunday
by Garrison Keillor (Apr 30, 2026)

I was on the phone with a friend having a dour conversation about all the usual things people my age bemoan and beweep, and now I was in a timeless scene of happiness…


Spring = Spiritual Rebirth
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Apr 25, 2026)

Springtime on Mercer Isalnd…


A Bump at the End of the Road
by Garrison Keillor (Apr 23, 2026)

Getting old is an adventure and what, I ask you, is life without adventure?…


The Lord is My Caddy
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Apr 18, 2026)

A loose paraphrase of the 23rd Psalm…


A Fabulous Night in Sonoma
by Garrison Keillor (Apr 16, 2026)

how does one respond to insanity?…


No Trash Tallk, Mr. President
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Apr 11, 2026)

Reacting to the President's Easter social media post…


Holy Week, the Sacred, the Ridiculous
by Garrison Keillor (Apr 9, 2026)

The Times didn’t use dashes to soften the shock for their younger readers but spelled out the word, I think, in order to convey… the tone of the post, which the Times described as 'blistering'…


The Him Behind the Easter Hymn
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Apr 4, 2026)

C. Austin Miles wrote this hymn a few weeks before Easter in 1912…


They Don't Make Crosses Like They Used To
by James N. Watkins (Apr 4, 2026)

When Christ told his disciples to take up their crosses and follow him, he wasn’t talking about 24-karat jewelr&yhellip;


When is War Just?
by James N. Watkins (Apr 3, 2026)

Jim's 2002 reflection is just as appropriate a quarter centruy later…


A Wonderful Week, Thanks
by Garrison Keillor (Apr 2, 2026)

It’s Holy Week for us Christians and it’s lovely to be one in New York City where we’re a minority, just as it was in Jesus’ time, and so it makes sense to love your neighbor…


The Gospel According to John (Perkins)
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Mar 28, 2026)

John Perkins was a pastor, author and civil rights leader in Mississippi…


Learning from Experience to Dissolve Situations
by Garrison Keillor (Mar 26, 2026)

I went into treatment for naivete and it helped…


Prayers from My Pencil
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Mar 25, 2026)

Greg's very first book of poetry was published in 2000…


All That Glitters…
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Mar 21, 2026)

The fireplace mantel in our family room on Oscar Night…


What I Knew When I Was 14
by Garrison Keillor (Mar 19, 2026)

what interested me more than bird’s-eye accounts of military campaigns and the calculations of major powers were the stories of individuals, and the book that moved me most was Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, which I read when I was 14…


An Irish Table Grace
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Mar 14, 2026)

A perfect place setting for St. Patrick’s Day…


My Sunday Night, Sorry You Missed It
by Garrison Keillor (Mar 12, 2026)

Joy is a necessity, especially in dark times…


The Face of War
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Mar 7, 2026)

A face in the smoke following a bomb explosion in Iran…


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Let's Get Together, People, and Hold Hands
by Garrison Keillor (Jul 17, 2025)

Maybe people are put off by the rockets and bombs, I don’t know. But I believe America needs an anthem. So I’ve rewritten i….


The 365 Days of Chrstmas
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Where's My Guitar, Darling?
by Garrison Keillor (Jul 10, 2025)

I associate the name Delta with the Mississippi Delta blues and Robert Johnson who sold his soul to the devil to gain mastery of the blues guitar…


The Penny: In Memoriam
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The 1952 wheat penny was minted the year the poet was born…


Remembering You, but Not the Rest of It
by Garrison Keillor (Aug 7, 2025)

It's a night I’ll remember for the rest of my life (I'm 83) whereas vast acres of my middle and elder years are a blank to me, which worries my beloved…


Bravo, Democracy, Up with the Underdog!
by Garrison Keillor (Jul 3, 2025)

This is the beauty of democracy, it’s an art and not a science, and sometimes it speaks clearly…


The Christmas Story in Chronological Order
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Putting Christmas in perspective…


A New Year's Prayer
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jan 10, 2026)

It’s a new year and a new opportunity to trust God…


Time in a Bottle
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Oct 18, 2025)

Greg reflects on timeless memories with daughter Kristin…


Blessed to Be a Blessing
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jun 28, 2025)

The blessings we enjoy were meant to overflow onto others…


Grace to You
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jul 19, 2025)

A tribute to 'Pastor John' MacArthur…


Color Our Country Beautifulg
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jul 4, 2025)

Thought for July 4…


An Evening in the Berkshires
by Garrison Keillor (Jun 26, 2025)

I did a show at Tanglewood in the Berkshires Saturday night, a big crowd on a beautiful day, and just before intermission someone told me that we had gone to war against Iran …


On the Road Looking for His Story
by Garrison Keillor (Nov 27, 2025)

I heard about David when I was a little kid and my aunt Ruth and great-uncle Llewellyn Powell came to our house on many Saturday evenings and told stories about family history, in which David was prominent…


The Time is Near
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Aug 30, 2025)

A doctor shares a dreaded diagnosis with a patient…


Lessons from the Lucerne Lion
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jan 24, 2026)

This stone lion is a landmark in Lucerne, Switzerland&helip;


Bound and Determined (and Flawed)
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jul 12, 2025)

Jimmy Swaggart was a first cousin of both Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley…


A New Year's Bridge
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jan 2, 2026)

Inspiration from a wooden bridge in Lucerne…



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