the presence of others

Posted by Jeff Olson on January 6, 2012

Tomorrow morning, a couple of friends and I are planning to drive two hours to attend the funeral of a stranger. The deceased actually is the brother of a close friend and co-worker who unexpectedly died of a brain aneurism at the age of 50.

We’re attending the funeral for the same... Read More

Why pray when you can worry?

Posted by Tim Jackson on June 29, 2011

Do you ever worry? What do you worry about?

The economy? Terrorism? Your health? Your kids? Your grandchildren? Your job? Your grades? Your career? Your future? Your past? Your death?. . . and the list goes on and on and on . . . doesn’t it?

I remember growing up in... Read More

Japan

Posted by Allison Stevens on March 14, 2011

Our hearts and prayers go out to all those in Japan who’ve been hurt by the earthquake and tsunami. The video of houses being forced off their foundations and cars racing down a river of water is disturbing. The thought of people dying such a terrifying death is even more upsetting. The earthquakes... Read More

Wordless Prayer

Posted by Allison Stevens on January 4, 2010

Half-pint, Laura Ingalls’s, tells her mother in an episode of Little House on the Prairie that she has an essay to write for school, but that the words just won’t come out.  She explains to her mama that she has words in her head, but that she can’t get them onto the paper.
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