May 27, 2020 | Reflections, Updates
Image:Barbara Ryther Compline has Become My SolaceBarbara Kautz Fifty years ago I was a 2LT in the Army Nurse Corps, assigned to a neuro-surgical ICU in Vietnam, working 12-hour shifts, six days a week in a windowless Quonset hut. Our ICU was considered the worst...
May 20, 2020 | Reflections, Updates
Image:Nina Bisognani The Rocky BeachSudie Blanchard When first birthedFrom its mother rockEach stone was sharp, jagged, unbending. Now, eons of storms and pounding surfHave rounded the edges,Smoothed the surfaces. Each stone different.Some black, others white—Speckled...
May 11, 2020 | Reflections
Image:Barbara Ryther Easter Kathryn Yingst I remember when my daughter was younger, she had asked what Easter was about. I gave her the historical context; I shared our Christian belief in the Resurrection. But I also tried to convey a deeper sense of the symbolism....