1st Corinthians 12: 12-27 “Who would like to lead us in some Christmas carols?” John, our pastor, stood up front with the microphone, trying to marshal everyone’s attention. It was Christmas Eve, and excitement filled the air. “Joel’s a really good singer,” Amy called out. Joel grinned and walked toward the front of the church. [...]
More magazine, which I enjoy for its insightful articles, has a monthly column: one month it is entitled “This is What 40 Looks Like,” the next, “This is What 50 Looks Like.” It always includes a picture of a beautiful woman and a bio extolling all of the wonderful things her life includes, changing stereotypes [...]
Growing up, Christmas was all about the presents piled under the tree. My favorite childhood Christmas was the year I unwrapped a brand-new pair of ice skates, a record player for my collection of 45’s, and “The Complete Sherlock Holmes.” Heaven! I still enjoy prettily wrapped presents under the tree. But these days my favorite [...]
This is a companion piece for the guest blog I posted earlier today. This chapter appears in “Autism & Alleluias” (Judson Press, 2010), and “A Place Called Acceptance” (Bridge Resources, 2001). For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, even [...]
This week, last year, I was in Rome with Bridge for Peace, an international healing ministry. The team consisted of Ed, Annette, Mark, Nora, my husband Wally, and I. We were there to pray for priests and religious, mainly from third-world countries. Men and women of God far away from home, studying for doctorates or [...]
And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, “Be not afraid; for behold, I bring [...]
Joel needs a new church. Not only have we moved him from his childhood home, the neighborhood he’s lived in since the day of his birth, his beloved workshop, his familiar shopping malls, movie theatres and zoo; we’ve moved him from his church. We’ve moved him from all that’s familiar and plunked him down in [...]
“And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.” Isaiah 30:21 I sit with a cup of cappuccino and my computer on a balcony in Rome, overlooking Roma San Pietro. An occasional train speeds [...]
It’s Sunday morning and the rush is on. Church begins in twenty-five minutes, and it takes almost that long to drive there. Wally and Joel are waiting for me in the front yard. Funny, how guys can get in and out of the bathroom, shower included, in less than ten minutes. Me? Shower, make-up, hair, [...]