by Christine Sine This year I planned to celebrate Halloween… for the first time ever!!! I did not grow up with this celebration and have tended to shy away from…
by Lilly Lewin It’s been a hard week for me. I have been very angry at governmental leaders acting like the economy matters more than people. I’m angry that people…
American Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I thought that it was time to update my list of Thanksgiving prayers. I love the prayer above and the ones below but there are…
By Donna Chacko — During my years working in Washington, D.C., I witnessed the most profound gratitude I had ever seen. I worked as a doctor at Christ House, a…
By Kate Kennington Steer — I have just spent the last six months in a specialist neuropsychiatric unit in a South London hospital. The team have been trying to help…
By Talitha Fraser — In these troubled times it can seem that there is more that separates us than connects us, a fear of the future that invites apathy and…
By Lynne Baab — My older son turns 40 in a few weeks, and I’ve battled insomnia since I was pregnant with him. Thankfully, “battled” is no longer the correct…
By Sue Duby — Buried under hanging jackets, Chuck and I wiggled to make room for each other in our tiny “safe place” closet under the stairwell. With a small…
