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March 2021

March 25, 2021
Editors note: Having lost my own mother to the Covid 19 pandemic last May, I've...

February 2021

February 19, 2021
The love that springs from my natural heart is thin and sharp as a razor...
February 11, 2021
“Anne, you have to come and see Dad, He’s dying.” My sister said. My words...
February 02, 2021
“It’s your turn to feed the dog!” How many times have we said that and...

January 2021

January 20, 2021
It’s that time again. Time to usher in a new presidency and a time to...

December 2020

December 10, 2020
Raising children is arguably the most demanding job any of us will ever have. While...
December 04, 2020
2020 has brought a not so comforting cocoon of isolation never before experienced by most...

August 2020

August 21, 2020
Exsanguination or bleeding out can take anywhere from two to eight minutes depending on the...

June 2020

June 23, 2020
The world’s on fire, cinder and ash, pluming smoke rising as high as our hearts...
June 10, 2020
“The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel...

May 2020

May 06, 2020
In February, I came across a call to prayer and fasting written by pastors in...

April 2020

April 22, 2020
When Loneliness Sets In Is the loneliness setting in yet? Do you feel lonelier now...
April 16, 2020
The once theoretical idea of "wilderness" has now hit home. Plans and long awaited celebrations,...
April 07, 2020
It is a very strange thing to be releasing a book with ‘hugs’ in the...

March 2020

March 31, 2020
One night after dinner at a local Chinese restaurant, just as my husband and I...
March 23, 2020
Last week’s email reminded me that not everyone sees me as a peer. The woman who...
March 14, 2020
If you are fearful and anxious, you may be able to mask it well for...

February 2020

February 27, 2020
When my mother passed away years ago, we had been estranged for over a decade....
February 08, 2020
Sometimes the heroin addict is your son. Award winning author Katherine James spent many nights...

January 2020

January 31, 2020
I first sat down to read the newest novel by Jeanine Cummins, American Dirt, as...
January 27, 2020
I was 14 when I was first pressured to have sex with my boyfriend. As...
January 14, 2020
A week before the release of the highly anticipated movie, “Just Mercy,” Sheila Wise Rowe...
January 06, 2020
I started listening to NPR a number of years ago because I felt a need...

December 2019

December 14, 2019
A week before the release of the highly anticipated movie, “Just Mercy,” Sheila Wise Rowe...
December 08, 2019
Do you feel a bit bereft of Christmas Spirit this year? Or—-just wondering what you...

November 2019

November 29, 2019
It’s that time of year—when the amazing happens: the Canada geese make their annual trek...
November 22, 2019
Mid-life throws us some mean curves. We expect certain losses: our parents passing away, our...
November 12, 2019
“I don’t want to come to the U.S. Everyone hates us here.” The words stunned...
November 03, 2019
My phone rang at 2 a.m., jarring me awake. I had been asleep for two...

October 2019

October 29, 2019
This week, the inside of my church is a shanty town. The narthex is a...
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