An eleven-year-old girl lived with her grandmother. Labeled "different," adjustment to school was not easy. Her mother was not a reliable presence. As if life is not tough enough, her father had been recently killed. She knew him only vaguely,…
Some stories are told.Some stories are portals to transformation.When my spirit takes a hit, the piles on my desk can wait, and I settle in to watch As it is in Heaven. The story takes us on one man's journey…
I had zero planned for Sabbath Moment, and at wits end, until Emma Thompson read me a poem. Well, it may not have been just for me, but it sure felt like it.She read Kindness, by Naomi Shihab Nye. One…
“Do you really talk to the sheep every week?” I was asked this week on a Zoom gathering.“I do,” I tell them. Although truth be told, most days I just stand there and listen. They’ve got a corner on something…
