OPINION

OPINION

A mother’s joy and passion for everyday miracles is a lasting gift

My 95-year-old mother is a genuine sweetheart. Even with advanced dementia, she has a spirit of selflessness and love that …


PERSPECTIVES

Sacred signs at the kitchen table

Lighting the Advent wreath each night for prayers before dinner has long been my family’s tradition. The flickering candlelight growing …

WORD OF FAITH

What shall we do? Rejoice!

Our continuing journey of Advent can seem so brief, and it is hard to imagine that in just over a …

OPINION

Advent: awaiting light in the winter darkness

I love the dark. Not the depressing, foreboding, frightening dark. I mean the creative dark that serves as messenger of insights; …

PERSPECTIVES

Glad I didn’t win the lottery

I bought a few tickets in the recent big lottery. Before the numbers were pulled, visions of sugarplums danced through …