When I was a child, one of my favorite things to do was to climb on my swing that hung on a sturdy limb of the maple tree outside our kitchen window. There seemed to be something magical as I pumped my legs to go higher and higher letting the breeze wash over me. The swing transported me ... Read More »

  Darkness. What a paradox! Darkness intrigues us, but also repels us. Darkness fascinates us and stirs up fear. We meet darkness as young children with trepidation because our eyes cannot glimpse our parents. At those young ages, what we cannot see does not exist for us so we fear our ... Read More »

Jesus had been in their midst for three years. They had watched Him heal the sick. They had watched Him feed the 5,000 and the 4,000. They had seen Him send the moneychangers fleeing from the temple, but was He the king they had been looking for?   There were doubts here and there because ... Read More »

  All the other reading students scurried out of the room as the bell rang. Michael was usually the first one out the door, but not this day.   Michael was a ten-year-old boy with a tough guy image who wrestled with more than just reading. Some of that struggle related to the ... Read More »

  I have reached an age where I like to believe I know myself pretty well.   I think that’s largely true, but my husband often comments that he continues to learn something new about me all the time after more than 50 years of marriage.   It reminds me of a line from a ... Read More »