On the Certainty of the Reality and Immortality of Things, Second Edition

"On the Certainty of the Reality and Immortality of Things" is part memoir, part short fiction and includes memories about a cribbage-playing, smoking, alcoholic great uncle; the miracle day when Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer threw a Hail Mary pass to Ahmad Rashad to clinch an NFC Central Division title; the day when a younger brother rolled his 1970 Plymouth Scamp in the ditch; a white community's reaction to a Hispanic riot; a young Air Force recruit's quest for hope at church; forgiveness in the face of a grandmother's senseless murder; the dark final days of a marriage in the throws of infidelity; visions of Heaven shared between a grandson and his grandmother; feeling the presence of God while holding a child; praising God in the middle of nowhere for the brilliance of the Aurora Borealis; and Orwellian science fiction about a teenager's coming of age in a society where adults glow in the dark.