Words are significant. They are part of what makes us human. They enable our thinking and thus allow ideas and realities from outside us to be birthed within us. Yet talk can be cheap, too. The words “I love you” mean little without some tangible correspondent to make an abstract concept concrete. St Paul wrote…
When Alexandre Dumas wrote “The Count of Monte Cristo,” the setting included an island that ultimately would be the focal point of the novel. Chateau d’if served as an island prison for those who held a truth that, if revealed, would bring a light into the darkness. The Prophet Isaiah reminds us of the coming…