I have a memory of my husband, Todd that I’ll always treasure.  We were attending the wedding of one of his co-workers on the campus of a retirement community where Todd served as a physician.  … Read More

A list of reminders, for people like me, who need them… 1.      Be humble: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment…(Romans 12:3)  If we … Read More

How many times have we read stories of some person who leads a quiet, frugal life—maybe a librarian or a store clerk—and upon their death, they give a fortune away to the less fortunate?  Even … Read More

Can anyone relate to an attraction towards raucousness?  Are you strangely drawn to seemingly disordered piles of creative projects “in process”? How about family gatherings that contain that edgy feel to them that anything could … Read More

Living in Santa Barbara puts a few things in bold relief – like, for instance, the homeless man or woman standing with a sign at the freeway offramp, next to an idling Mercedes or BMW.  … Read More

I got a Facebook page.  I’m honestly not sure how it happened–the techno-details are blurry, but the friends requests rolled in, and the stark choice between “confirm” or “ignore” seemed brutal.  (Everyone got confirmed except … Read More

•    Did you know that, every single week, there are a few elderly members of our Body who are picked up and driven to church?  Did you know that the same is done every week … Read More

Every family has a “family historian”  —  one who remembers the times, places, events and relationships between different family members.  In some families that historian is more of a statistician, and in others it is … Read More