by Randall McNeely | May 30, 2020 | Randall McNeely: Pure Testimony
Where can I turn for peace? Where is my solace When other sources cease to make me whole? When with a wounded heart, anger, or malice, I draw myself apart, Searching my soul? The questions of the soul posed in Emma Lou Thayne’s stirring hymn “Where Can I...
by Janette Beverley | May 28, 2020 | Janette Beverley: Reaching Toward the Light
When I met my husband in 1996, he was serving in the US Army as an Airborne Ranger in the 2nd battalion in Ft. Lewis, Washington. We like to say that Bryan had three lives while in the Army, not the customary nine. Nearly losing these lives guided him in his decision...
by Janette Beverley | May 23, 2020 | Janette Beverley: Reaching Toward the Light
This weekend I was able to cross something amazing off of my bucket list. In Southern California this time of year, there can be seen occasional occurrences of bioluminescent waves that occur due to the microscopic phytoplankton that, when put in motion, create a...
by Adam Simpson | May 22, 2020 | Adam Simpson: Simple Insights
This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down. What is it? For those of you who know Tolkein’s story The Hobbit, you’d recognize...
by Amy Carpenter | May 18, 2020 | Amy Carpenter: The Strength to Endure
My therapist is an actual angel. I mean it. Like, step aside, Mother Teresa and Mr. Rogers — Charlotte’s* here. (*Name changed.) As I wrote about back in February, I’ve been going through some traumatic events the last few months, so finding a good...
