Rey's A Point

Author: Rey

  • Thomas’ Lonely Week: Saturday

    Saturday. The sun is shining brightly. We are outside of the house, looking in through the open window seeing Thomas standing at the open door. The table is no longer turned over. The stain on the wall is cleaned. Thomas’ personal effects lay neatly on the table, next to his satchel. We can’t hear the…

  • Thomas’ Lonely Week: Friday

    Friday. Knocking on the heavy wooden door. No one is answering. Martha says something about the Disciples still being in Jerusalem and now we can see her walking away, sadly looking over her shoulder. The table is still turned over. The pillows are still in disarray. A smear of dried liquid is on the wall.…

  • Thomas’ Lonely Week: Thursday

    Thursday. “We don’t know where you’re going, how can we know the way to get there…” Thomas growls to himself. “We don’t KNOW where you’re going!” he yells it snidely, grabs a pillow and throws it against the wall.” He kicks over the table and punches the wall “Let’s go with him to Judea and…

  • Thomas’ Lonely Week: Wednesday

    Wednesday. Thomas is at the door, basket in hand waving at Martha who is going back to the main house. The sun is high in the noon sky. He carries the basket back to the table and sits down, heavily sinking into the pillow around it. He takes a big whiff, smiles absentmindedly and opens…

  • Thomas’ Lonely Week: Tuesday

    Tuesday. Thomas is splashing water on his face, hair and back.  He opens his red-rimmed eyes, and stops, his hands frozen above the basin, water dripping back in. He stares, not at his own reflection but at the sparkling, rippling water. "The blind man." He slowly scoops up some water and methodically washes his eyes.…

  • Thomas’ Lonely Week: Monday

    Monday. Thomas is standing at the window, a rooster crowing in the nearby distance. The sky still has the final purple remnants of night that it stubbornly clings to in the face of the overpowering dawn. A cup of goats milk sits forgotten on the table. A basin of water sits unused by the door.…

  • Thomas’ Lonely Week: Sunday

    We all know the story about Doubting Thomas and how, in a flash his doubt was wiped away.  In John 20, Thomas demands proof for Christ’s resurrection and refuses to believe unless he puts his hand into His side. Well, 8 days later Jesus pops up into the room and next thing we know Thomas…

  • Bad Friday

    Anyone who knows New York’s J-Train immediately understands a few key proverbs: One, the J-Train is best ridden during the day; Two, the J-Train through Brooklyn is not a very safe ride; Three, the J-Train is best avoided. In my old high school another proverb might be added to the list but it sounded more…

  • New Math 2008?

    I’ve peripherally heard of some New Math that’s being taught in schools for the last couple of years that is different from the way I learned. When I do math I start with the right side and work my way over to the left but the New Math apparently works over from the right to…

  • Paradise City Where the Babies Are Pretty: A Question on Genetic Engineering

    While reading through one of my teacher buddy’s blog, I came across one of his interesting class discussions. Basically he quoted an article on genetic engineering and the possibility of removing birth defects before they become a problem–and showed how some couples actually want to include Birth Defects. I mean, Why develop Meckel’s Diverticulitis when…