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January 2014

January 12, 2014
I'm beginning to think there's a lot more that goes into being faithful than what...
January 10, 2014
I'm not ready. I'd rather stay here, in this house. The company left yesterday. It's...
January 10, 2014
Audrey and I were good friends when we were young. In high school, our paths...
January 08, 2014
In the mid-1990s, my father took a new pastorate in Illinois. The Presbyterian congregation had...
January 05, 2014
Last night, before the snow began falling, my husband and I went to a Twelfth...
January 04, 2014
I'm fascinated by Elizabeth Ann Seton for a number of reasons. One, she's a convert...
January 03, 2014
1. This year, learn one new hobby. Try to make it a time-honored craft, like...

December 2013

December 29, 2013
It's the excitement I used to feel when I was a child and it was...
December 28, 2013
I can vividly remember two Christmas presents from December 2003. My daughter gave my father...
December 24, 2013
I've had the same dream twice in the last few weeks. In the dream, I...
December 22, 2013
Today, a woman on Twitter posted that she knows a lot of Evangelicals, and they...
December 17, 2013
I’m thinking of a young lady who is going through a tough time right now....
December 09, 2013
There was a time when I did not believe in the Immaculate Conception. And then,...
December 06, 2013
I have dipped my toes in the chaos of the Christmas-before-Advent scene. I've been to...
December 04, 2013
I was nearing my ninth birthday, and it was the time in childhood when seemingly...
December 02, 2013
My due date was the 26th of December, but by Christmas Eve 1985, I was...
December 02, 2013
According to a personality test making its rounds on Facebook recently, I am an INFP...
December 01, 2013
Advent has begun. During morning prayers, I thought of something that has never dawned on...

November 2013

November 26, 2013
A woman on Twitter last night admitted that she wasn't fine. I went to the post she...
November 23, 2013
I found a manuscript I wrote in 2000. I was a Protestant back then, and...
November 19, 2013
The picture is everywhere. Pope Francis places his hand on a man's head and embraces...
November 19, 2013
In 1976, while the rest of the U.S. celebrated the Bicentennial, I was enduring The...
November 16, 2013
I don't know html code. I don't even know if that's the right way to...
November 15, 2013
Oskar Schindler’s quote in the 1993 film Schindler’s List haunts me. I didn’t do enough....
November 13, 2013
I used to play "Bridge over Troubled Waters" by Simon & Garfunkel for my unborn...
November 11, 2013
I had literally been there, done that, and bought the T-shirt. . . and the...
November 09, 2013
Have you ever noticed how ugly daffodil bulbs are? I planted some recently. Every single...
November 08, 2013
I have wanted to be a writer since I was in 9th grade. That’s when...
November 07, 2013
Crane Creek was the rambling stream that ran behind our house in the heat of...
November 05, 2013
You can chalk it all up to nostalgia. My husband recently purchased a G-Shock watch...
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