When I was in fifth-grade, my class spent a day planting pine tree seedlings to fill areas of a local forest left bare by a lumber company cutting down trees. It was our Earth Day project and I was so…
(Editor’s note: originally written in 2014 ~ its essence is timeless truth …) My daughter has a Sunday afternoon routine. After church clothes are changed into play clothes and lunch is eaten, I know where to find her ~ sitting…
I read a book by Lauren F. Winner called Mudhouse Sabbath. Lauren converted from Judaism to Christianity and this wonderful little book is about the traditions from Judaism that she believes would enrich the Christian faith in tangible, day-to-day ways.…
So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the…