Did you know Easter is the most important holiday on the church calendar in Ukraine? I found this interesting tidbit browsing through a...

On Idaho’s Snake River there’s little light pollution at night to dim the stars of a December sky. The moon is bright, but when its...

The wedding was a week before Christmas so the flowers were poinsettias. The bride wore a long ruby-red gown, and not just because it was...

“Why won’t you come with the rest of our class to Switzerland?” he asked me. It was the Christmas holidays and several of my classmates...

My back going out was the bad news, but there was some good news too. I was able to quickly locate a grocery store and buy a bottle of...

Historically, people have often went to natural spaces like gardens and grottos to find comfort in times of suffering. In 1965 I was just...

Even as a young girl I recognized Brother Griggs was trying to help his congregation find meaning in this life, and hope for a heavenly...

It occurred to me that I’d never given my younger self much credit for wisdom. I’ve always thought wisdom and the knowledge that...

“Do you know what’s in plum pudding?”  Andrea, my daughter-in-law, asked me as she read the recipe from her cell phone. “Just a wild...

One night many years ago I was watching the sky and saw a remarkable thing. All the stars were twinkling except one. It looked like a...

(Some Christmas humor: ho! ho! ho!) I’ve seen others wear interesting Christmas costumes too.  One Christmas, the little country church...