Book Review: Fulton J. Sheen, On Being Human Reflections on Life and Living This book would be a great place to start reading Archbishop Sheen. Published posthumously, it’s a collection of short essays selected from among his many newspaper columns…
Author: Brad Shorr
MEDICAL ATTENTION I said, Doctor, I’m not feeling the slightest bit sick, She said, That’s just your body playing a trick! Take two of these twice a day, Plus, one of the purple and three of the grey. If you’re…
THE COAT Cynicism, my ugly coat Donned when I go out, Distorts my shape, Provides escape, And deflects evidential doubt. My furry, fetid, mangled shroud Protects me from the babbling crowd, Slings of personal questions, Arrows of unwelcome interventions. Into…
“On the third day the friends of Christ coming at daybreak to the place found the grave empty and the stone rolled away. In varying ways they realised the new wonder; but even they hardly realised that the world had…
LITANY OF SILLY BANDS All you silly bands in Silly Band Land, play for us. Balding Heads, play for us. Boom Box Babies, play for us. Critical Grapefruit, play for us. Deficit Spenders, play for us. Dislocated Fingers, play for…