Departures

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. “But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me,  ‘Where are you going?’ But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled… Continue reading Departures

True Security

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. We weren’t the kind of people who went to the doctor much, but a number of relatives at Thanksgiving dinner had told my parents that cough of mine was really bad.… Continue reading True Security

Called Christians

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Maybe it was a pejorative. Maybe they were the first to use it, because there wasn’t a word that encompassed Jews and Gentiles in the same community. Maybe it caught on… Continue reading Called Christians

Friends in Faith: Darlene Davis

A Little Women coloring book. A book of mothers’ wisdom. A sheet of observations, her own (“Sometimes memories sneak out of my eyes and roll down my cheeks”) and others. Darlene Davis, who lives in a small town in Michigan’s thumb, has been sending out these joy packages to friends during the time of covid.… Continue reading Friends in Faith: Darlene Davis