Continous Partial Attention

Reed JolleyCommunity News

The six of us sat in a meeting and I noticed him punching numbers into his cell phone. Phone low in his lap, next to his leg. Discreet, yet noticeable. Punch, punch, punch. Comment. Give … Read More

The Divine Luster of John Owen

Reed JolleyCommunity News

Puritanism is “the haunting fear that someone somewhere might be having fun.” Or so said H. L. Mencken, onetime journalist for the Baltimore Sun. Garrison Keillor of our own time joins the fun by adding, … Read More

Under The Terebinth Tree

Reed JolleyCommunity News

If you don’t have a terebinth tree in your backyard, plant one so you can dig it up. Terebinth trees, it turns out, are great places to bury gods and make covenants. Do you recall … Read More