This week was one I don’t care to repeat anytime soon, and thankfully I can’t repeat it

Loneliness is one of the most common human experiences, and one of the least discussed.

Not long ago, I watched a man help an elderly woman load groceries into her car. It was not a dramatic moment. There were no cameras, no applause, and no audience. He simply noticed that she was struggling, walked over, and offered a hand.

There was a time when being neighborly was not considered extraordinary.

Where will I go next. . . .

There is something strangely human about standing beside a fuel pump.

We tend to imagine resurrection as interruption.

Holy Week arrives not with spectacle but with a kind of steady gravity, as though time itself has slowed to allow us to see what we usually refuse to notice.

That certainly got your attention. What in the world could this older than dirt lady be wishing for at her age.

I can just hear the moans and groans now but take a chill pill (or a glass of wine if that’s your choice) and enjoy the rant. If it hits you in the face, own it and deal with it, and if it doesn’t, kudos to you.

I can see the raised eyebrows now but they will have two ways to go when you have read all of this – they can be raised higher or lower – totally your option.

"Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of the Lord." 2 Corinthians 7:1.

Many more moons ago than I can possibly count, I had quite the heavy foot (and not by virtue of my weight – just to clarify that matter).

"Take care! Be on guard against all kinds of greed. For one's life does not consist of the abundance of possessions." Luke 12:15.

There are days when the news feels impossible to escape. Headlines arrive before we are fully awake

I am sure that raised some eyebrows when it was read.

On Wednesday and Sunday evenings, I have the wonderful opportunity to babysit my grandsons while my daughter and son-in-law lead youth group at the church for our teenagers.