PRISMATIST

My father was born in a fishing village in southwest Nova Scotia.

For the past several years I have spent a good deal of time on a rugged headland that juts into the Pacific Ocean

I think the recent election showed that a majority of voters in the U.S. have grown weary

My name is Tony Lopresti and I’ve been a lector since I started high school.

It appears that The Prince Of Orange has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down at the end of this month (September, 2020).  This is not...

The old man in the bed has deeply etched ribs

How is it that an innocent remark made by a seven year-old comes around again and again

One of the key ploys of successful parenting is to learn to provide a more attractive alternative to the child’s behavior we want to change.

Weather report for Saturday, June 17th calls for showers with a chance of sun

My father is a font of wisdom and once gave me this sage advice

This morning I woke up with my cheeks wet with tears.

Last Saturday nearly every American celebrated just one birthday - that of the US

On the afternoon of December 24, 1947, Loganville was preparing for a modest Christmas Eve.

I’m a freshwater kid at heart.

Some places have the power to change the way we look at and live in the world. This is the first in a series

A few more water-related vignettes from my years in Hawaii, 1980s

A month before Easter Violet Taylor stopped by Prairie Star Community Church

It was the day after Easter Sunday and Ezra Beeman stood next to the sink in the kitchen of the Prairie Star Community Church

Mark Twain was careful, almost reverential, about words.

This is an essay drawn from a sermon preached on World Communion Sunday, October 7, 2018, at Peace United Church of Christ, Duluth,...