About ten years ago, my husband John and I planned to visit our son Tim, who had recently relocated to Florida. Part of that trip included a few days at Disney World where oddly, I had a spiritual “Aha!” moment. To be honest, I wouldn’t have predicted that I would have any kind of a spiritual experience at Disney World, but I do believe that God’s voice is everywhere, even at Disney World, so I shouldn’t have been too surprised.
A new year provides an opportunity for a renewed focus on spiritual practices. New Year resolutions have never attracted my attention. Maybe this is because when we make..
I do not think that I’d like to live my day-to-day life in a facility. When I hear “facility," my thoughts turn to “sports injury rehabilitation facility” or “state of..
There are 40 million unpaid caregivers in the U.S. today, according to a recent report from the Bipartisan Policy Center. Fifty percent of the current paid workforce..
I recently cleaned off the front of our refrigerator where we keep the yearly family portraits that come in Christmas cards. You know: The school portraits from nieces..
It was a cold December during Advent. Members of the small, intergenerational congregation I had been called to serve a few months before that night began arriving at..
Tax reform is on a fast track for a vote before Christmas. There are many details in the House and Senate versions to be reconciled. Four major proposals could..
We are invited, by the sights and sounds of the Christmas season, to reflect upon holiday memories that have shaped our childhoods and created pathways to adulthood —..
Is thanksgiving only a day? Just one week after Thanksgiving, Christmas lights, Christmas lists and Christmas music are here. But thanksgiving is not only a day...
Most people assume that LGBT people are young. Rarely do we think about those whose lifetimes have been lived in and out of secrecy trying to conform to society’s norms...
