This past week, in Montgomery County, teachers many jurisdictions tried in various ways to connect with their students.  Some classes met via Zoom; others linked up via email, phone, and text message.  Teachers around the nation have organized processions in their students’ neighborhoods, driving by in cars to wave and to show that they miss… [Read More]

Many years ago, an art teacher challenged me to draw the interior of a Dutch wooden shoe.  If you have ever peered inside a wooden shoe, you might then understand the challenge.  It looked like a cavernous black hole and my rendering was flat, two-dimensional, and resembled a charcoal oil spill.  But my instructor took… [Read More]

Oh, Sisters and brothers, what a week it has been!  Many of you, indeed most of you, are adjusting to new routines, after having had to give up way more than you bargained for in Lent.  And today, we hear about washing – Jesus instructs a man blind from birth to go wash in a… [Read More]

“But he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.  Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon…”  John 4:4-6 “But he had to go… [Read More]

I was tasked this past week to find hand sanitizer.  Not to stockpile or to hoard, but to obtain 2 reasonably priced bottles.  At last check, 2 bottles were going for about $49. on Amazon, and the three places that I checked locally had bare shelves.  And if we didn’t already realize it, the store’s… [Read More]

Perhaps you have heard of the phrase, “Know thyself.”  Often attributed to the Greek philosopher, Socrates, the Ancient Greek aphorism, “Know Thyself” was once inscribed in the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. However, knowing yourself and being known are two entirely different things. Consider the following: David Schwimmer, the former star of… [Read More]

Perhaps you have had a major change in your life.  It could be positive: a move, a change in appearance, a loss of weight, a gain of energy, the ability to quit an annoying habit or addiction, or maybe just a slow maturation in your spirit that allows you to be less reactive and more… [Read More]

I read somewhere that the actress Jane Fonda has given up on plastic surgery.  At age 82, she has finally had enough.  In an interview with Elle Canada, she said, “I can’t pretend that I’m not vain, but there isn’t going to be any more plastic surgery—I’m not going to cut myself up anymore…I have… [Read More]

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Some words lose their meaning because they are overused.  We are approaching Valentine’s Day and for those of you out shopping for the perfect sentiment, you know how difficult it is to convey the ups and downs of a covenant, a marriage, a friendship, or the love of your child in the way that someone… [Read More]