Above my desk is a shelf full of go-to books, selected from the thousand or so volumes scattered throughout my house. That shelf holds my essentials: prayer books, spiritual commentaries, lives of the saints, and my current favorites among life-issue books (think Gosnell). I can pick up any of them and come across something aboutContinue reading “Emerging”
Category Archives: gratitude
Boston’s Christmas Tree
Soul-soothing stories have been hard to come by in recent days. I’m happy to see this one, from boston.com: “Why Nova Scotia Gives Boston Its Christmas Tree for Free Every Year.” It’s a story about gratitude and being a good neighbor. Although I live not too far from Boston, I hadn’t heard about the wonderful ChristmasContinue reading “Boston’s Christmas Tree”
“God bless them day in and day out”
I share this every Veterans Day. I’ll never understand why these words haven’t gained more currency. Possibly it’s because they didn’t show up in a meme. They were part of an article in The American Spectator in February 2011. Ben Stein wrote this, and as the daughter and mother of veterans, I owe him thanks forContinue reading ““God bless them day in and day out””
Ellen Kolb 