One morning I visited a pond near my house I sat on an overturned boat thinking and watching a gentle west wind chase a layer of mist across the water rsquo s surface Wisps of fog circled and swirled Mini ldquo tornadoes rdquo rose up and then exhausted themselves Before long the sunlight cut through the clouds and the mist disappeared nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp This scene comforted me because I connected it with a verse I had just read ldquo I have swept away your offenses like a cloud your sins like [... more]

Alexa Amazon rsquo s voice-controlled device has an interesting feature it can erase everything you say Whatever you rsquo ve asked Alexa to do whatever information you rsquo ve asked Alexa to retrieve one simple sentence ldquo Delete everything I said today rdquo sweeps it all clean as if it never happened It rsquo s too bad that the rest of our life doesn rsquo t have this capability Every misspoken word every disgraceful act every moment we wish we could erase mdash we rsquo d just speak the command and the entire mess would disappear There rsquo s good [... more]