by Jonni Turner | Dec 31, 2020 | Arts & Letters
Since early December this year I’ve been plagued by an earworm, and perhaps you have, too. This is hardly surprising amidst a global pandemic during a year like 2020. According to one article, “Earworms are a generally benign form of rumination, the repetitive,...
by Jonni Turner | Apr 29, 2020 | Arts & Letters
Life in a pandemic takes thought down intertwining paths. As spring approaches, I find myself in a peculiar headspace. Lament and exultation dance in counterpoint, as do death and life. Sometimes words are not enough to explain what I feel. It takes music to fully...
by Jonni Turner | Feb 25, 2020 | Theology & Science
What are you reading in headlines and news feeds these days? Does it seem like everywhere you look, rich and powerful people get away scot-free with crimes high and low? The reality of human law means that they often do, but divine law is something altogether...
by Jonni Turner | Nov 30, 2019 | Quest & Journey
Do you ever find it confusing when people say they are chosen by God, or others make that claim about them? This is especially hard to understand when “the chosen one” doesn’t act or speak as you would expect of a child of God. As the season of Advent begins and...
by Jonni Turner | Oct 31, 2019 | Holy Words
When it comes to working or creating, I am a planner, a plodder, and too often a procrastinator. As a writer and radio producer with deadlines to meet, I could cut to the chase when necessary, but it wasn’t my preferred way of doing things. What happens, though, when...