These days I have been singing "The Doxology" as I wash my hands. I understand others may be singing "Happy Birthday" as they follow the current guidelines for cleanliness. However, I prefer "Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow," the…
Blanche DuBois, a character in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire, is most famous for her line, "All my life I have depended upon the kindness of strangers." Yes, the worst of times can often bring out the best…
March is a month of hope. Some people focus on madness, but I am looking for signs of hope. I planted iris and tulip bulbs in late fall, and I believe my yard will burst with color soon. The signs…
How do you say, “I love you”? Alison Krauss sings, “You say it best when you say nothing at all.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning famously counts the ways she loved her husband Robert. Shakespeare believes “love looks not with the eyes,…