In the Shadow of the Tower: Reflections on Psalm 123
My dad called my mom from The Barn, our family’s restaurant down the street. “Where’s John?” Mom took a quick glance out the window into...
Check, Check ... 1,2,3 ...
About 90 percent of the time, I’m more focused on school, summer, homework, friends, getting my driver’s license or even food than I am...
Making a Lemon Pie and Meeting God
Well there we were, God and I in the kitchen on a Saturday morning. It was my husband’s birthday, June 25. He loves pies of all kinds,...
A Future Awaits
Like many people, I’ve had this country on my mind a lot lately. With the Orlando shootings, the presidential election, #BlackLivesMatter...
Generator
When the generator fires up and begins its incessant rumble, you know it is time to work. The first sounds crank through the neighborhood...
Baby Books, Locks of Hair and Yardsticks
Sometimes I thought it was because I was adopted, and I’d heard my parents had waited nine long years to get a baby of their own. Other...
According to the Father Superior
Every time I hear “Sweet Caroline,” I think about my dad’s dogged, fan-boy assertion that Neil Diamond is hands-down the most...
Silence
“Sin, he reflected, is not what it is usually thought to be; it is not to steal and tell lies. Sin is for one man to walk brutally over...
Bargains, Buzz and Bona Fides
I love the scene in O Brother, Where Art Thou? when George Clooney’s character Everett is trying to talk his kids into accepting him back...
Massive Changes
A good friend recently forwarded this article to me about “Massive Changes” occurring in the Church. This is not necessarily new...