For at least two years now, I’ve said to people that I am such and such an age next birthday in preference to mentioning my actual age.   My...

Wading into the choppy surf of a suffering humanity; bearing witness of the last breath of the dying with their family; peering into lonely ...

I know it’s a deeply personal question, please forgive the intrusion.  My only qualification for prying is I’ve been there.   In August and ...

This life is like mountains to climb.  Not one mountain, but several mountains.  A plethora of mountains over the lifespan.  Look at that sc...

I was asked by my eldest daughter to ponder these questions, a set of questions any of us parents or children could answer before it’s too l...

My dear ones, a letter to leave you, when it’s time, for who knows, tomorrow or a morrow decades beyond, surely one between.   One of these ...

One of the tenets of faith is peace expressed as peace with self and peace with others. The olive branch is a symbol of peace, and so is the...

I’ve experienced burnout a few different ways, but thankfully nothing like some whose lives have become completely derailed for a year or mo...