insignificance – Letters to Rachel

It All Seems So Small Now

Dearest Rachel – I tell you, honey, we leave for a few weeks, and when we come back, everything is turned completely upside down. Or is that too callous a perspective? To be fair, it was Dad himself who made the rueful joke about not being able to pick us up at the airportContinue reading “It All Seems So Small Now”

Speak to Me About Eternity

Dearest Rachel – For the life of me, I can’t remember the thoughts you had about the concept of eternity, of the infinite. I’m pretty sure I can remember your roommate and maid of honor Elizabeth, speaking of how the thought would keep her up at night when she was a child, fearful about theContinue reading “Speak to Me About Eternity”

Art In Heaven

Dearest Rachel – Yes, yes, I know. That first word in the King James Version is nothing more than a archaic conjugation of the verb “to be.” Still, when you look at it – and you have a better view of it than I do at this point, don’t you? – it seems an appropriateContinue reading “Art In Heaven”