text “Next Year in Jerusalem.” “Next year in Jerusalem,” a phrase spoken at the end of the Passover Seder…
text "Hitting rock bottom: Rediscovering your seat of wisdom." Our paths crossed many times as I entered and exited the church. She…
text "I never promised you a rose garden." As I waited in line at the Sunnyside Gardens to pay for some flowers, a woman…
text "I never promised you a rose garden." As I waited in line at the Sunnyside Gardens to pay for some flowers, a woman…
text "If you see a turtle on the top of a fencepost, you know he had some help getting there." Humorous anecdotes have a way of telling the truth about the importance of…
text "If you see a turtle on the top of a fencepost, you know he had some help getting there." Humorous anecdotes have a way of telling the truth about the importance of…
text "Together we make a family." Gathering around the hospital bed, the generations of Chenne’s family found…
text "Together we make a family." Gathering around the hospital bed, the generations of Chenne’s family found…
text "Without Prophets for today, there will be great losses tomorrow." An old “Peanuts” cartoon strip brings together a couple of operative…
text "Without Prophets for today, there will be great losses tomorrow." An old “Peanuts” cartoon strip brings together a couple of operative…
text "Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning." In a small article buried in the business section of the Star Tribune: “The…
text "Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning." In a small article buried in the business section of the Star Tribune: “The…
text "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that really matter." As Republicans gathered in Cleveland this past week, Donald Trump’s task was…
text "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that really matter." As Republicans gathered in Cleveland this past week, Donald Trump’s task was…
text "Are you the person God has put in my life to help me better understand myself?" After dinner I took a walk in the neighborhood. Anticipating the heat of the…
text "Are you the person God has put in my life to help me better understand myself?" After dinner I took a walk in the neighborhood. Anticipating the heat of the…
text "How good does a Good Samaritan have to be?" The question still haunts me. The woman in her forties was a neighbor to a…
text "How good does a Good Samaritan have to be?" The question still haunts me. The woman in her forties was a neighbor to a…
text "Simplicity: A gift worth pursuing." Learning to collaborate with the mission of Jesus is to accept His invitation…
text "Simplicity: A gift worth pursuing." Learning to collaborate with the mission of Jesus is to accept His invitation…
text "Wishy-washy disciples need not apply." In “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown,” one of the “Peanuts” TV specials, Charlie…
text "Wishy-washy disciples need not apply." In “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown,” one of the “Peanuts” TV specials, Charlie…
text "If you could relinquish one of your daily crosses, which one would you choose?" By the time the gospel of Luke was written in approximately 85 A.D., the…
text "If you could relinquish one of your daily crosses, which one would you choose?" By the time the gospel of Luke was written in approximately 85 A.D., the…
text "Well behaved women rarely make history." Described as “my run away sentence”, Laurel Thacher Ulrich penned the phrase, …
