Skywatch Author: Phil Braudaway-Bauman   “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care...

“Do Not Be Anxious . . .”  Author: Harriet Simons               Which one of the following phrases “speaks” to you?  (1) This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm...

  Stewards for Justice Author: Diana Shellenberger   Dear children, let us not love with words or speech, but with actions and truth. — 1 John 3:18 As a lover of words, I appreciate the power they have to inspire and...

  Look at the Bird Author: Amy Ostwald   Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add...

A Reflection on Marching Author: Larry Dansky Several weeks ago, there was a march in Louisville in support of Black Lives Matter.  Admittedly, I struggled some with the decision as to whether to participate or not.  On one hand, I...

My Pet Orchid Author: Susan Rose Way back on November 23rd of 2019, a millennium ago in the era of pandemic, I gave a house concert. My gracious friend Monika attended, and brought me a gift of an exquisite white orchid, with two...

Faith Author: Nicole Speer So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. ~Galatians 6:9 As summer approaches I find myself thinking about summers I spent as a child at my...

Breath  Author:  Karen Hoover   I’ve been thinking about breath a lot recently. It obviously began with the COVID-19 pandemic when breathing and talking through masks became a necessity to protect ourselves and others....

Author: Nancy Stevens “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall,...

Author: Hilde Raastad There seem to be a lot of cracks right now. Life, for many of us, is not as it should be. There is unbelievable violence. There is grief. Anger. Loss of hope. Some of us might cope with these cracks better than...