Bombs explode in Boston, and we are afraid. Tornados wipe out portions of Oklahoma, and we are in shock. The Boy Scouts consider changing policy. The SCOTUS waits to rule on the legality of same-sex marriage. The chaos and craziness, the fear and worry are almost overwhelming. Think about it for a second, and life … Continue reading »
There are mothers, and there is mine.
{Reprinted from a 2006 LWML Quarterly} There are mothers, and then there is mine. by Adriane Dorr The question: What to get Mom for Mother’s Day? My answer: Drinking glasses. Then I saw the Hallmark Showers of Flowers contest. It seemed easy enough: All I had to do was submit a short essay describing my mom, but … Continue reading »
now panic and melt down
My friend and I drive 40 minutes to church every week. And then we drive 40 minutes home. People absolutely freak out when they hear this. By the time I explain that I live in Missouri but go to church in Illinois, they are in full-on meltdown mode. Their reactions usually involve some kind of gasp, … Continue reading »
the heart of the church
“Ever since that hour when, in the celebration of the first Supper on the night when He was betrayed, Jesus Christ the incarnate Word of the Father, as at once the High Priest and the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, distributed His true body and His true blood to … Continue reading »
be grumpy and rejoice
The discussion in Sunday Bible class went this way. Parishioner: What do we make of all those evangelical denominations that claim you have to be happy to be a Christian? Pastor: It’s a lot of Law. Parishioner: It seems like a lot of work to pretend to be happy all the time. Pastor: Yeah, I … Continue reading »
writing methods that work 100 percent of the time . . . except when they don’t
As long as we’re on the topic of writing (We’re not really. Or we weren’t. But we are now. See what I just did there?), I’m bravely going to state the writing obvious: 10. Write every day, even if the end product isn’t literary genius or you never show it to anyone. Just write. It will … Continue reading »
