I come from a family of readers. My husband has handled books professionally for a career, and our family used the “great books” as the major educator for our children’s home-based learning. Ask me sometime for the story of how we handled it when our young daughter said she couldn’t read in the car and […]
This is the third of a 3-part series retelling the true story of what many call Holy Week. It is a version that is easy to read and simplified for those not familiar with the story. For the fuller version, read John 18 – 20. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she
Death vs Life Sorrow vs Joy Despair vs Hope Good vs Bad Today is Good Friday around the world. How can today be called good when the world is “falling apart at the seams”? Today is the day when followers of Jesus remember the great act of love the anointed one chose for our sakes.
Note: April 2020 update at the bottom of this post. Growing up in a densely-populated county in New Jersey, Eunice learned to separate her recyclables from the weekly trash (rubbish). Aluminum, glass, cardboard, newsprint, mailers, and eventually plastics, too, would be placed curbside in their own containers. As the local district reviewed best practices for
A city of contrasts is my host city. Birds flying in unison, free. Birds singing in a cacophony, caged. This week thousands of Asian openbill storks have been spotted flying across the nation. Thanks to Au’s father for his photos of what he spotted. But birding is also a pastime favored by some older