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Porch Light Collective

·Mar 20, 2021

Sun, Stand Still: Chapter Three

Chapter Two available here Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him. “What is it you want?” he asked. She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other…

Short Fiction

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Sun, Stand Still: Chapter Three
Sun, Stand Still: Chapter Three
Short Fiction

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Porch Light Collective

·Mar 20, 2021

Sun, Stand Still: Chapter Two

Chapter One available here “Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.” — John 11:3 “When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” Then he said to…

Fiction

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Sun, Stand Still: Chapter Two
Sun, Stand Still: Chapter Two
Fiction

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Porch Light Collective

·Mar 19, 2021

Sun, Stand Still: Chapter One

“And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” — Matthew 16:18 Wednesday March 20, 2019 Meeting halfway was the plan. …

Novella

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Sun, Stand Still: Chapter One
Sun, Stand Still: Chapter One
Novella

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Porch Light Collective

·Jan 10, 2021

Epiphany

Part of the 2020 Liturgical Calendar Storywriting Project. An Epihany Benediction. The day my mother’s legacy went up in smoke was, by her own word, the best day of her life. I’ve never had the firmest grip on her work — it’s medicine for pancreatic cancer, I can tell you…

Liturgical Calendar

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Epiphany
Epiphany
Liturgical Calendar

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Porch Light Collective

·Dec 20, 2020

The Light You Can Hear

Part of the 2020 Liturgical Calendar Storywriting Project. An Advent Story. The stars are a blanket of diamonds above us. It is cold enough at night on these flatlands that I feel the tears in my eyes turning to frost as quickly as they form. My mother has wrapped me…

Liturgical Calendar

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The Light You Can Hear
The Light You Can Hear
Liturgical Calendar

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Porch Light Collective

·Mar 29, 2020

Ceremony

Part of the 2020 Liturgical Calendar Storywriting Project. A Lent Story. cw: suicide, violence Monica Monica arrived nearly an hour before she’s scheduled to get to the funeral home. Doug would bring the kids later, or Mikaela would, or Jen would, or Titus would, and they’d show up blasting god awful…

Liturgical Calendar

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Ceremony
Ceremony
Liturgical Calendar

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Porch Light Collective

·Mar 22, 2020

Someplace You Always Told Us About

Part of the 2020 Liturgical Calendar Storywriting Project. A Lent Story. In my heart you are in a place you always told us about. You’re on the beach in Waikiki, or in a restaurant with no walls in Key West. It’s warm there, and while you tell me about the…

Liturgical Calendar

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Someplace You Always Told Us About
Someplace You Always Told Us About
Liturgical Calendar

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Porch Light Collective

·Mar 15, 2020

Do This in Remembrance

Part of the 2020 Liturgical Calendar Storywriting Project. A Lent Story. Joe took a deep breath, opened the door and stepped inside the tiny air-trap of a vestibule that kept the frigid drafts out of the restaurant. The place was nothing special. Standard issue sports bar paraphernalia covered the walls…

Lent

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Do This in Remembrance
Do This in Remembrance
Lent

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Porch Light Collective

·Mar 8, 2020

The Liturgical Calendar

After we published Rosabel, the first story in our 2020 Liturgical Calendar Storywriting Project, a friend approached me to ask me some questions about the project. In particular, they asked what the Liturgical Calendar was. Below is a very, very high level explanation of the calendar, as well as what…

Liturgical Calendar

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The Liturgical Calendar
The Liturgical Calendar
Liturgical Calendar

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Porch Light Collective

·Mar 8, 2020

The Ministry of Presence

Part of the 2020 Liturgical Calendar Storywriting Project. A Lent Story. The nurse met me far before I had reached her station, and pulled my sleeve as she led me down the hall. She was an older woman, and carried herself with the sort of sturdy professionalism that I’ve only…

Liturgical Calendar

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The Ministry of Presence
The Ministry of Presence
Liturgical Calendar

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Phil Lofton

Phil Lofton

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Storyteller, Podcaster, Percussionist. Proud member of the Porch Light Collective.

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