Nativity stories that provoke, encourage, and perhaps even inspire
Talking with Amy-Jill Levine about what foreshadows the familiar nativity stories of Advent.
Author: DJB
Observations from . . . November 2025
A summary of the November posts from the MORE TO COME newsletter.
Our Year in Photos — 2025
Photos from another year around the sun full of growth, travel, family, friends, and love.
The Opry at 100
The Grand Ole Opry turns 100 years old this month.
The world unravels always and has to be rewoven every day
When we lose our innocence—or perhaps our ignorance—about America.
One person’s perspective . . . and why that’s important
Can ordinary people help write history?
An unlikely freedom fighter
The story of how one of the most famous celebrities of her time became a French spy during WW II.
From the bookshelf: October 2025
It is my intention to read five books each month. See what made the cut in October.
I’m shocked—shocked—to find that gambling is going on in here
Gambling and sports . . . what could possibly go wrong?
America is an effort
Lessons in history – and on the art of being human – from David McCullough.
