Is anyone shocked watching the violent pictures coming out of Israel, and in the Middle East? What about other acts of violence on a daily basis closer to home – spousal or child abuse, murders, rapes. We watch on television or read daily news reports of people being killed thousands of miles away, as we […]

A group of teenagers were working on a Habitat project. By the end of a long week, they were pretty scruffy looking sitting on their duffels waiting for their parents to come and collect them. “What is this?” a passerby asked. They were exhausted, worn out, looked terrible and smelled worse. Then one of the […]

On this Mother’s Day weekend, I’ll share a favorite and familiar poem which speaks volumes about the love of a mother. When you thought I wasn’t looking, you hung my first painting on the refrigerator and I wanted to paint another. When you thought I wasn’t looking, you fed a stray cat and I thought […]

Lucy asks Charlie Brown in the popular cartoon series, “Charlie,” she says, “Life is like an ocean voyage on a cruise ship. Some passengers sit in their deck chairs in the bow and look hopefully into the future, while others sit in the stern and reflect on the past. Now, Charlie, in the cruise of […]