Years ago, I found myself in a conundrum of my own making. Energized by self-righteousness, I added fuel to an already strained...

For 31 of the 32 years we’ve lived in our house, I’ve planted Marigolds simply because they require little to no attention. I drop them...

I recently attended a conference titled The Wisdom of Change . Before the speaker began, he set a jar containing several bees on his...

Every December, I evaluate the year that was and envision the new one to come. I consider a variety of resolutions and themes that will...

There is an almost magical quality about the table - the way it ignites the senses. The sound of voices and clinking silverware; the...

May we be grateful for sunshine and fair skies; for storms and dark spaces that lead us to prayer .   May we be grateful for untroubled...

I was nine-years-old when I discovered the power of a current. My grandfather and I were paddling a canoe down the Menominee River when...

I made multiple treks from the van to the rental house, unloading a week’s worth of supplies for our family vacation. As I precariously...

Carter vs. Reagan, 1980 – the first election I remember.  Our teacher gave us each an index card with the description of a citizen – age,...

It is an overcast June morning, and my friend and I are making our way down a trail we’ve travelled many times. Typically, we walk...

My first-grade daughter came home with a big announcement. Holding up the bag of green grapes I’d packed in her lunch, she declared,...

Kathryn and I met when I was 21 and she was 92. For several years in my early twenties, I volunteered in the activity department of a...

My college ethics professor started our senior year with an antique balance scale on his desk. He placed a single toothpick in one of the...

I am sitting in my neighbor’s kitchen. “It drives me crazy.” she says, “Why doesn’t he get rid of that broken-down shed? It’s just a pile...

A parent’s dreaded call in the night. One of my daughters, 700 miles away, needed my immediate help. The logistics began to swirl… Which...

Christmas can be sheer delight. Festive celebrations; tables surrounded with people we love; the enchantment and sparkle of the season....

Our lives became tangled on a frigid February evening. I’d been working for the church only one month when Maya came looking for bus...

I have a confession to make…. I’ve been meeting a man who is not my husband. We never plan these encounters – they happen organically due...

When I was a kid, I was taught that I shouldn’t point my finger at anyone, because if I did, then I would have 3 fingers pointing back at...

“If a child is the first person in the family to accept Christ and join the church, the rest of the family will do the same only 3.5% of...