doves of peace, image by Gerd Altmann, on Pixabay The Lazarus Dove   The boy was 11 years old in the summer of 1957. He had seen a...

scribbles, image by H G, on Pixabay, slightly modified Preparation   "Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the...

image by Yolanda Díaz Tarragó, on Pixabay Resolutions   “Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.”...

irises, image by Alicja, on Pixabay A Fragment of a Smile   There’s a tinge of joy in each fragment of a smile fresh as the first glow of...

juniper, image by Bronisław Dróżka, on Pixabay Evelyn’s Junipers     She and her husband chose the name: A restaurant soon to be. With...

image by Valter Cirillo, on Pixabay, slightly modified Emotional Healing     Adjusting to loss takes time.                       It can’t...

image by 愚木混株 Cdd20, on Pixabay, modified The Lord’s Help in My Time of Need                  I’ve traveled down slopes, Deep, dark...

image by Enrique, on Pixabay Sunset Blue, Sunset Gold     Sunset blue, sunset gold, Are just a couple of colors it holds.   Over land,...

image by Kanenori, on Pixabay Test the Water   I wade in the Adriatic is cool                               air also cool.   Within...

image by Stefan Schweihofer, on Pixabay Mom Tribe                                                      I am sitting in a coffee shop...

sugar maples, image by diapicard, on Pixabay, modified Limitless     I am missing my students on this grey-haired day I would like to...

image by Couleur, on Pixabay, modified Sharing Bread of Life and Living Water “God will judge us not according to how much we endured,...

"Orchard " photo by the author, Isabel Chenot For Virginia   who, at 87, can no longer see the...

image by edith lüthi, on Pixabay, modified February 2025 Issue   Love is on my mind. The work of love, the joys of love, its everyday...

abstract image by edith lüthi, on Pixabay, modified Pouring Salt   Jesus said: “You are the salt of the earth.” (from Matthew 5:13)   I....

image by Mario, on Pixabay The Promise of Easter     The promise of Easter is eternal  Yet ever new. Like the joy of daffodils, vibrant...

abstract, image by t mc, on Pixabay, modified Remembering     You could set your watch by her coming. Early mornings, walking away the...

sparrow singing, image by Amy Spielmaker, on Pixabay, modified September 16, 1962     Down the dusty road without you, down the dirty...

daffodils, image by Brigitte Werner, on Pixabay, modified At Yumthang Meadow     It called me often. Oh, the grass—    How feather-like!...

"Twilight Sky" photo by the author, Mary Elizabeth Moore Light Within Us   Twilight sky shimmers rose and gold in flowing...