Heaven or Hell
If given the choice between an eternity in heaven or a lifetime serving the marginalized on earth, I would choose the latter. For it is in serving those on the margin that I discover the hell that I...
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Two people find themselves on a train platform. Only one has a ticket. “Destination: heaven,” it reads. “One way.” “Got your ticket?” the ticket holder asks her platform companion. He reaches into his...
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“Wait, I know you,” he says to the woman on the platform clutching her one-way ticket to heaven. “I saw you everyday.” She takes a closer look at his face. “Did you work at that coffee shop?” “I did....
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They’re waiting. And waiting. And waiting. She stands with her one way ticket held tight in her hand, trying to think of anything she can say to her ticketless platform companion to make this hell a...
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They’re waiting for what seems like an eternity . She’s clutching her one way ticket to heaven. He’s still blaming her for having the ticket that could have been his. “This is your fault,” he says,...
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“Ladies and gentlemen, there is a heaven bound express train one station away.” The intercom breaks their awkward and seemingly eternal silence. This is it. Her train is about to arrive. Her one way...
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