NEW STORY up at Gival Press
check out a new story out at Gival Press here's just the beginning Check out my new story posted at Gival Press here's the beginning-- Ordinary Time I. One day He was waiting by the dock. Several thoughts competed for his attention. The heavy clouds and thick shadows passing over the water. The ferry slogging through the choppy waves. The fact that spring was late and Easter was early this year. He felt impatient waiting. It was on its way, out there on the gray horizon. Arne-Dag smiled. Always the pastor, always thinking in metaphors. It was hard to escape. The hull of the ferry yawned before him as the ramp lowered and car engines started up. A stream of cars exited. Slowly the queue he was in moved forward toward the ship’s cavity. Again it felt like death or another biblical allusion: Jonah in the belly of the whale. He was trying to alight on just the right illustration for next week’s Palm Sunday sermon. Christ triumphant entering the city. He li...