Unfinished business?
Our first meal together was a few months ago, mainly because my husband Jeff and her husband Scott had become friends and they thought Kirsten and I would also get…
Read moreTake it personally
Volunteers loaded the black vans with roses of every color, with tulips close to bloom, with balloons saying “Happy Valentine’s Day.” Jeff and I drove off in one last Friday…
Read moreDon’t look away
We can never make a difference if we don’t first notice. “We are probably deluged with more images of pain than any previous generation; they are beamed into our homes…
Read moreFlips are God’s specialty
I was disappointed. I had to cancel lunch with two of my lifelong friends, our once-a-summer get-together, because of an emergency trip out of town. Things didn’t go the way…
Read moreWhen we are different
I’m in line at Walmart. A family of four is in front of me, including a little girl. She is staring at me. I smile. She says, “Hi! What’s your…
Read moreWe need the poor
For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the…
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