Most mornings, I rise early and prepare for my run through my Austin neighborhood. Before I venture outside, I read from Scripture or a devotional book, then pray. For the past year, my devotional readings are from Saint Augustine’s (354-430 CE) book, Concerning the City of God against the Pagans …
Half-Blood Blues
I just finished reading Half-Blood Blues, a fictional book by a talented Canadian writer, Esi Edugyan (New York, NY: Picador, 2011). The story is told through the eyes of Sid, a good jazz string bass player who is jealous of Hiero, a young gifted trumpet player who effortlessly masters his …