Apr 30, 2025 | Reflections
Image:Staff THE TELLING OF THE RESURRECTION I subscribe to a writing organization whose aim is to encourage members to write about memories that might otherwise not be shared with family or friends. One week the suggested topic was to describe what your mother was...
Apr 1, 2025 | Reflections
Image: Melanie Kyer How does Lent work in Australia When the days are getting dark? When the promise of new life Is still seasons away? How does Lent provide its promise For the unjustly detained Who sit wondering if Jesus Died to set them free, too? How...
Mar 14, 2025 | Reflections
Image: Barbara Ryther Adventures in Weaving I have recently begun teaching myself to weave. I had hoped it would be a meditative process – the soothing repetition of gently guiding yarn over and under the warp threads on a loom, the concentration of trying more...
Mar 4, 2025 | Reflections
Image: Nina Bisognani Soup for the Soul During the winter months Images of steamy soups fill my mind. A lovingly prepared hot soup brings warmth to cold, stormy days And cheer to simple meals shared with others. Beef stew was a favorite during my childhood. But there...
Feb 20, 2025 | Reflections
Come to the Table Ever since the holidays, I have been part of several discussions about tables. An odd topic, until you consider how much time we spend around tables with friends and family, and the memories they carry for us, especially at holidays....
Feb 6, 2025 | Reflections
Dear One, Every day since the inauguration has brought distressing news: illegal firings, humanitarian aid withheld, trade wars with allies issued, family separations unleashed, Treasury Department data handed to private citizens, DEI protections cancelled… It’s...