The Heretical Turtles of Venice Beach

"Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run." – Pink Floyd

I was taking a much-needed walk around town the other day, trying to not think about God or death or mortality or existence or meaning or free will or being or non-being, when I passed an old, frame-mounted Bible quote someone had discarded in a filthy alley beside the doorway of a derelict building. I really needed the walk (for a great read about the …