This piece was originally published on www.ameliarhodes.com   The day of reckoning had arrived for the furry little brown groundhog that had been wrecking my garden. After weeks of chasing him out of my garden and discovering row after row of demolished vegetable plants, I had finally set...

  Recently I went to an event put on by an area church as part of their four (five?) part series on Faith and Reason. The presentation for the night was on the question of naturalism and morality: if we have a purely materialist worldview, what basis is left for morality as we know it? The speaker,...

There’s something very special about giving something a name. Naming a new baby especially is a huge responsibility, and an exciting and grounding experience for every parent. Will the name I love for my baby still be okay when they have grown up? Should I use a cherished family name, or the weird...

What have they done to the earth What have they done to our fair sister Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn And tied her with fences and dragged her down! The Doors The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets…and...

artwork by artist He Qi Dear Eve, You wouldn’t know me from Adam, but my name is Kim, and I am a very distant great-granddaughter of yours. I was born in Indianapolis, Indiana to Ron and Debbie in 1975 A.D., and now I reside with my husband and children in one of its northern suburbs. Indianapolis,...

What do you do when you’re faced with so much hype, controversy and unknown terrain that you feel overwhelmed? Feeling somewhat like a wee babe thrown into the woods, I’ve been researching The Fall for nearly four weeks now, for hours at a time while at work, and I still feel like I know...