In Praise of Dishonest Managers: The Economic Crisis in Light of Luke 16:1–9
A look at the current economic crisis through a Lukan parable.
View ArticleThe Catch & Esau’s Portion
In “The Catch,” Long offers the image of a fisherwoman, carrying the “stunned pewter” of her catch, to market. In “Esau’s Portion,” we are brought to the hospital cafeteria and the funeral potluck,...
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In Praise of Dishonest Managers: The Economic Crisis in Light of Luke 16:1–9
What Went Wrong? We are over a year into the current economic crisis, and it is still not clear what happened. Even as the same folks who did not see the meltdown coming are trying to convince us that...
View ArticleThe Catch & Esau’s Portion
The fish she bears in the basket on her head lost their gleam between boat and market, lost it the moment they had nothing to breathe but air. Stunned pewter, they sway toward a mound of ice built for...
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After fixing people’s teeth all day,my father remained at his office,alone amid dental impressions and plaster models, etching my initialsinto Sears Craftsman tools.His painstaking labor embraced even...
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