Life’s endings are followed by beginnings.

Paul Merrill writes here the first Friday of each month. However, at the moment, he’s in the middle of a daughter getting married, two sons graduating with master’s degrees, and a son-in-law-to-be graduating from college. So I offered to run one of his past posts. This one was first published July 2020. It’s good to […]

Jon sometimes writes about suffering, since it’s part of his day job – often helping people face the loss of health or even life at a hospital. Here are a few thoughts about a different kind of suffering – the kind of suffering that comes from dealing with the loss of family members and any […]

“Hold it, Master God! Look at me. I don’t know anything. I’m only a boy!” (Jeremiah 1:6) “I am not made for perilous quests,” cried Frodo. (The Fellowship of the Ring) ‘But Moses pleaded with the Lord, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though […]

I have a really old pair of shoes. I keep them by our front door and only wear them to take the trash out. The stitching has worn out in several places. The soles are maybe the third set I had put on. I eventually decided to stop repairing them, since they still work perfectly […]