Last night was the longest night of the year, the Winter Solstice. To commemorate we gathered with 600 other folks at the Cathedral of Hope for an annual ritual to bring back light to the world. Rituals on the Winter Solstice date back thousands of years, long before modern upstart holidays […]
Temple Beth-El in Corsicana, built 1898. A once-prominent Jewish community has all but disappeared from most smaller Texas towns. Beth-El closed its doors in 1976 but has been restored as a community center. The rose window and the ten commandments below are by Tiffany.
I missed my turn off the main highway in Lone Oak, circled around the block and found this Methodist church. Built in 1889 and still in use. I love old wooden church buildings. This one is symmetrical - there is a second identical tower on the other side. The towers […]
Despite my misgivings we went to see the Passion movie yesterday. It was not at all the movie I was expecting. From the opening scene it seemed both surreal and mythic. It did not so much tell a story as it put together images that you recognized from film and art and from hearing […]
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