Dick & Rosie
*** Jeff Cleek is a writer from the Colorado Springs area.
Writings
Seduced by Trees: Sharon Carvell’s Life and Art
Song of Songs, #1, Spring The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. . . . My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers
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On Forgiving the Duggars
I stared at the return address on the envelope in slight disbelief. It was from my former brother-in-law. Emphasis on the word “former.” David was living in Monument, according to the return address. I waited, in spite of my curiosity, to open the letter until I had privacy and time to carefully consider its contents.
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Capital Punishment: Proposing a New Model
The United States not only incarcerates more people than any other country, but we are one of the few that executes people. A Christian nation that sanctions state killing is a contradiction that requires some thoughtful consideration. One doesn’t need to be a biblical scholar to figure out Christ’s view of capital punishment. Trials like
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The Devil Wears Converse
A few summers ago, just as I was beginning to publish Greenwoman, my first magazine venture, I watched the documentary The September Issue with my teenage daughter Lily. The film is a behind-the-scenes look at Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and her staff during the creation of their fall fashion issue, the most important issue of the
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