I don’t know who invited Lent to the party so early, but here it comes – on Valentine’s Day, no less. I’ve found a short devotional book with which to enter the season: There You Are, God by the father-daughter team of Deacon Steve Lumbert and Karina Fabian. I know Karina from her work with CatholicContinue reading “Open Book: a father-daughter devotional”
Author Archives: Ellen Kolb
A gift of life like no other
For the better part of two decades, I’ve been a blood donor. This is a simple matter of gratitude; people dear to me have benefited from transfusions. I’ve seen good outcomes. Once of those outcomes began twelve years ago, and it’s affecting my life and my outlook on pro-life work to this day. Ann MarieContinue reading “A gift of life like no other”
On timing, “moderates,” and life
Is it ever “ill-timed” to assert that life is the fundamental civil and human right? My experience on the sidewalks and in the State House tell me that there will always be people who think so. I find encouragement in Dr. Martin Luther King’s response to a remark about human rights work being ill-timed. InContinue reading “On timing, “moderates,” and life”