Calling the American church out of the shallows and into the deeper waters of the faith
This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. THE MILLION-YEAR PICNIC In “The Long Years” we saw that in 2026 Mars was largely empty, and in “There Will Come Soft Rains” we saw that in 2026 … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – The Million-Year Picnic” »
This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS This story has been so often anthologized that it is probably the best known of all the stories in The Martian Chronicles. The … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – There Will Come Soft Rains” »
This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. THE LONG YEARS The short vignette ‘in between’ stories are over, and now we are down to the final three Martian Chronicles. All three of these last stories … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – The Long Years” »
This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. THE WATCHERS This is the last of the short vignettes, as the stories that follow this one are all ‘full’ stories that stand very well on their own. … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – The Watchers and The Silent Towns” »
This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. THE LUGGAGE STORE Another of the short vignettes that primarily sets up an event in the story that follows, in this case, the long-hinted-at and finally-arriving atomic war … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – The Luggage Store & The Off Season” »
This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. THE OLD ONES The reader will have noted by now that some of the short vignettes achieve something like a stand-alone quality, while others are little more than … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – The Old Ones & The Martian” »
This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. THE NAMING OF NAMES There are a few things going on in this short vignette, and most of it can be summed up as evidence of Spender’s fears … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – The Naming of Names & Usher II” »
This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. THE SHORE This short vignette captures the ‘frontier’ feel of the American story and transports it to Mars, imagining that the first men were hardened men who were … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – The Shore, Interim, The Musicians & Way in the Middle of the Air” »
This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. THE SETTLERS This is one of my favorite of the smaller vignettes in the book. The list of reasons at the beginning for men going to Mars, including … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – The Settlers, The Green Morning, The Locusts & Night Meeting” »
This post is part of a series on Ray Bradbury and his book, “The Martian Chronicles,” which will run from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. – AND THE MOON BE STILL AS BRIGHT Well, we’ve reached what is in many ways the fundamental ‘pivot’ in “The Martian Chronicles.” In the first three expeditions, … Read More ““A Summer with Ray Bradbury” – And the Moon be Still as Bright” »
