Lent 2023 - Murrelets

For as long as I can remember, a good book provides me the perfect escape. In a pinch a bad book will do. Or a magazine like National Geographic or…

Nature, being among trees and flowers calm me. Reading is another solace. During warm weather, swimming, the water on my skin and the rhythmic motion…

Nearly forty years ago, when my family was grieving after my younger brother’s suicide, my father gave me some advice. He told me to stay busy, to k…

I live in a neighborhood of lower-income housing that was built in the mid-1990s at the same time a road -- a highway for all practical purposes -- w…

The young novice hung her apron on the hook behind the kitchen door, checked that the breakfast dishes were ready, and headed to the Chapel. The burn…

A quoted response to the question: Is it true that our bodies are 90% water? Answer: “Most of the human body is water, with an average of roughly 60…

“But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is co…