Definition: To punish - ' to make (someone) suffer for a crime or for bad behavior Scripture: Luke 1: 5-38 When the angel told Zech...

      Resting on the short, shaggy carpet in my office, is a green folder bulging with copies of every blog post. Looking at the pil...

Almost twenty years ago, a local news reporter, Anne Ryder, went to Calcutta, India, to interview Mother Teresa. When Anne returned, she wro...

Wandering the aisles at Target always leads to a cart filled with many food, household and clothing items. Checking out last week in a long ...

I saw John and his mother walk to the side of the swimming pool where the lessons began. He clung to her with both hands, he was crying soft...

(Recently I wrote three poems, all ending with the words, "All is well." The context for each poem is described below.) Poem On...

Middle-aged Jane and her younger brother, Sam, come just about every Thursday night to eat dinner at the soup kitchen where I volunteer. The...