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By Carol Younger   Two words jumped out at me in these readings, at the beginning of the Gospel: tax collectors and sinners!  And yet, these were “all drawing near to listen to Jesus….”  Are [...]

By Anni Harry     The days of my life are frantic, harried, and blurring together. Like the cousin in “Mary Poppins Returns,” many days I get a feeling that my world has turned [...]

By Kathleen Billings   My Dearest Gemma Marie, The day has finally come to load our van and start the long drive to your new home away from home. Today is the beginning of an incredible new [...]

By Carol Younger     We know this gospel parable too well. Often, we listen with one ear closed, oblivious to its focus on the landowner. The landowner goes out in the morning, hires [...]

By Sonja Corbitt     We home school our kids. We took our oldest out of public school in second grade for academic and social reasons that seem unique to our state and county. He [...]

By Sherry Kennedy Brownrigg     When I was a little girl, I created a character called Super Kennedy. Super Kennedy was different than little Sherry Kennedy. Super Kennedy could run [...]

By Lynda MacFarland     When I was living in Vilseck, Germany as an Army wife and mom about 20 years ago, I was blessed to be a cast member in the community theater’s production of the [...]

By Caralyn     Innocent.  It’s a word that drums up a lot of emotion for many.  Some jump to Adnan Syed, of the Serial Podcast, or even OJ Simpson. Others will recall the innocence of [...]

By Susan Klemond     As I prepared to plant vegetables in a sunny corner of my yard this spring, I heard the dull sound of my spade hitting large rocks. That’s not a gardener’s favorite [...]

By Angie Koenig     Earlier this spring, I was blessed to be able to take a two-week vacation to Australia.  Before this trip, my feet had never left American soil.  One of my good [...]