by Wayne Fowler | Jun 4, 2023 | NGN
“Everything happens for a reason” is an inarticulate way to express the providence of God. God doesn’t do evil, but He can take a sequence of events and weave something providential out of it. Here’s an example. This story begins with a noted anthropologist, James...
by Wayne Fowler | May 28, 2023 | NGN
Long before blowing soapy bubbles with a storebought kit, we had dandelions. To this day I cannot say why it was such a childhood delight to pluck the ripe blowball and send the feathered seeds to flight on a silent whistle. To a yard it’s a weed. Its broad leaves and...
by Wayne Fowler | May 21, 2023 | NGN
Ernest Hemingway’s Pulitzer-winning novella, The Old Man and the Sea, is about a Cuban fisherman, a marlin, and sharks. Or it may have been about something entirely different. In 1950 after a 10-year publishing drought, Hemingway released Across the River and into the...
by Wayne Fowler | May 11, 2023 | NGN
Every life runs a certain course, including yours. To have a sense of what that course is and to stick to it is the making of a fulfilled life. This story starts with a lady who lived across from the local high school in Wyckoff, NJ. For years, Dorothea Clapp prayed...
by Wayne Fowler | May 7, 2023 | NGN
The mother rushed to scoop up her toddler who fell on the playground. “You’re OK, I got you!” She brushed off his knees. “Everything will be OK; I promise.” A child wants protection from harmful things beyond his control. He wants a restoration of tranquility and...
by Wayne Fowler | Apr 30, 2023 | NGN
Have you noticed that certain human yearnings transcend our mortal existence? Such a yearning saved the life of one of the last century’s noted journalists. Malcolm Muggeridge introduced the world to Mother Teresa and her work among the poor. Before becoming a...
