Late one night--or rather, early in the morning--at the lonely hour of three o'clock, I sat in the waiting room of a bus depot. There were only three of us. One other waiting passenger, a tired-looking little grandmother--or great-grandmother--sat hunched on the other...
I held onto the hand of my shivering granddaughter as we waited our turn to get into the huge barn-like building. We couldn't see inside because of the length of the line up and so we passed our time watching the outside lineups.Volunteers were busily placing frozen...
Sister Maurella Schlise, a Catholic nun from Fargo, South Dakota, was spending the holidays with her family in Florida, and planning a visit to a nearby maximum security prison. "My sister Rosemary and her husband conduct a weekly prayer meeting there, and they...
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13).Lend me your hope for awhile, I seem to have mislaid mine.Lost and hopeless feelings accompany me daily, pain and confusion...
"Give and it shall be given unto you…" Luke 6:38Our eight year-old granddaughter, Mary Kathryn, was excited as she bounded through the door with her report card for the past nine weeks in her hand.She could hardly wait to show her granddaddy all the A’s that report...
It is August 1999. We are in a small town in Northern Michigan at our son's wedding reception. The best man, Doug, is about to make a toast. I look at our son, Ben, and I marvel at the man he has become. My mind drifts away for a moment, reflecting on some events from...
She was in the last stages of her young life. Twenty-eight and losing her battle with a brain tumor, my sister seemed to be a people-magnet wherever she went.Although she would become much weaker and soon lose her ability to talk, walk and do anything on her own,...