Open Scripture: John 18:1-19:42 19:41 Now there was a garden in the place where he was crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. Reading the Passion Story in John floods me with memories and ...

I am visiting my mother in IA this week. Is a brief three-days together. Mom lives in an assisted living complex, 14 miles from where she and my father lived and farmed for 67 years. My father died six years ago this month. No matter ...

I admit I have had pangs of guilt about the depth of my grieving over the death of our Great Dane this past Wednesday morning. But any doubts about the appropriateness of my emotions have been lessened and normalized by the more than ...