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Monthly Archives: January 2018
Tuesday’s Child — A Child Laughs … Death Penalty Resource
A Child Laughs — Prayers of Justice and Hope (edited by Maria Mankin and Maren C. Tirabassi) Pilgrim Press, May 1, 2017, asks the question — what does it take for all the children in the world, to be not only … Continue reading
In which we get into a tight place
At the New York Public Library I am admiring what they call the real Winnie the Pooh … also, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga and Piglet. This is not the bear cub Canadian soldier Harry Colebourn got at an Ontario train station, … Continue reading
And something light-hearted for February from New Zealand
Rosalie Sugrue of Aotearoa / New Zealand is a frequent contributor to “Touchstone” magazine, often with materials that can be used as ice breakers for Bible studies. This is her contribution for the February issue shared here. Yes, you can … Continue reading
Prayer for Marshall County High School
God, you wipe the tears of your broken-hearted ones, even when you know that more tears will fall tonight and tomorrow, on birthdays and game nights, on Christmases and anonymous summer days for many years to come. Sit with the … Continue reading
A Child Laughs — A Prayer for Refugees from Germany
A Child Laughs — Prayers of Justice and Hope (edited by Maria Mankin and Maren C. Tirabassi) Pilgrim Press, May 1, 2017, asks the question — what does it take for all the children in the world, to be not only … Continue reading
After — Hope is the thing with feathers for the Women’s March
(Emily Dickinson, 314) Hope is the crowd with pink hats, thick boots and frozen toes with funny signs and broken hearts after a year of “no’s.” It’s not too tired for marching or vigils candle bright, it builds a welcome … Continue reading
Hope, by Todd Jenkins
Todd Jenkins writes this: This was written a little less than 2 years ago. I stumbled across it yesterday, while searching for something else. Reading it again was arresting, not because I could remember the specific circumstances that bled it … Continue reading
A Child Laughs — Litany for Traveling Children
There’s an old nursery rhyme – “Tuesday’s child is full of grace.” In October I started sharing sections from the new book — A Child Laughs — Prayers of Justice and Hope (edited by Maria Mankin and Maren C. Tirabassi) Pilgrim … Continue reading
And God said — I have a dreamer!
And God said – I have a dreamer, Jacob who saw a ladder of angels, and Joseph, a future painted in sheaves and stars, Another Joseph slept many years later and came to understand his strange and wondrous fostering and … Continue reading
Heritage
I was a proud Norwegian American – I eat a lot of herring, also lefse, smorbrod, and other things you would consider tasteless. I savor every page of Sigrid Undset endure Ibsen, love the lush music of Grieg, have a … Continue reading
Gifts in Open Hands 