Without fail, every time I come near a car with the sticker “Caution: Student Driver,” I’m transported back in time...

“In the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable we come to understand that here, in this life, all symphonies remain unfinished.”

To all but the faithful and die-hard, it was unexpected.

So many of us have been looking forward to making the end of 2020 and a fresh start in 2021.

I don’t underestimate God’s intelligence, but if it were me, I’d question if our world was a safe place for my son, knowing what I know from both the media and experience, and even more so if I were God.

When I was a kid we lived with my great-aunt. She was great at many things but one thing that stands out in particular is that every year before Christmas she would set up an epic nativity scene.