by Chris Wiles | Mar 8, 2012 | Faith
His whole life had been defined by distance. He was an “outsider,” they told him; a Samaritan. To this day he still couldn’t remember all the reasons why he and the Jews would never really get along. “Unclean,” they said, not because of anything he’d done, but... 
by Chris Wiles | Jun 8, 2010 | Art
Getting some work done today, I found myself listening to the latest album from Damien Jurado, Saint Bartlett. Good stuff. I’ve been a fan of Jurado since the beginning, and never disappointed. Saint Bartlett has all the indie-folk influences you’d expect... 
by Chris Wiles | Mar 25, 2010 | Faith
While truth comes to us in many forms, it is most vividly received in the context of story. It is within the context of story that readers are invited into the literary and emotional landscape, and experience truth through the eyes of its characters. And this... 
by Chris Wiles | Feb 6, 2010 | Life
He’d had enough. More than enough. In years gone by, he’d eaten his fill of pizza rolls and chicken wings, and had long grown weary of this most wretched of holidays. “Humbug,” he was known to exclaim. “Anyone who celebrates this holiday should be boiled... by Chris Wiles | Dec 23, 2009 | Advent
They’d been adrift for days. Plans, it seems, have their own unique way of crumbling, like the exterior of the B-17 bomber over the pacific. His name was Eddie Rickenbacker, and his mission was to deliver a message to General MacArthur who was somewhere in New...
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