Are You a Sparrow? I wrestled with myself for hours that evening. I was raised to believe in a personal God, a spirit without physical form, but who possesses reality and presence and has emotions and intelligence. He’s a personal Deity who communicates with us in non-physical ways, mostly, but who is completely able to …
I left Prescott pondering Dr. Roberts’ message and the apparently supernatural intervention that allowed me to hear it. Up to now my destination had been Nowhere, CS (State of Confusion). Hopefully I might have ended up finding my haven in a cave, capable of protecting me from the extreme heat. Even better would be an …
All That Matters The library, the PetSmart, and my car formed roughly an equilateral triangle. I walked to a gas station and asked if they had a gas can I could use to take gas to my car. The attendant sized me up, then grunted: “Yeah, I guess, but you’ll have to leave your driver’s …
Fifteen miles west of the meteor crater, the on-board computer gave up making estimates and started emitting low-fuel warnings instead. I now started relying on my knowledge of how far I could go based on where the fuel needle was on the gauge. I knew from experience that when the needle centered itself over the …
I actually did have a few dollars saved up, but despite hoarding my stash the best I could, I burned through the savings rather quickly. Looking back now, I was forced into another boneheaded decision. With so few dollars available for groceries and such, I also defaulted on my car payments.
Empty and Below There was literally not a soul around. Not anywhere. It was a black night in the proverbial middle of nowhere. Two-lane mountain road, towering cliffs on all sides, moon and stars out, but no other headlights but the two forlorn beams from my own ready-to-conk-out car. My now-officially-stolen car. But after …
