God’s been good, giving me a beautiful place to live. I’m constantly learning about the stewardship it takes to care for this particular environment, which helps me appreciate how other places are cared for as well. Pastoral Song: a Farmer’s Journey (2021, Mariner Books) is well worth appreciating. From its unsentimental early tone, the bookContinue reading “Open Book: “Pastoral Song””
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Choice reading for the new year
I learn something from other readers’ year-end lists of favorite books. I’m bound to find something interesting – an author with whom I’m unfamiliar, a title that’s new to me, and sometimes rediscovery of a classic. My own list looks different from what I might have expected when the year began. Let me offer itContinue reading “Choice reading for the new year”
Safe Havens: what they are, and how they save lives
Maria V. Gallagher of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation invited me to her Lifelines Radio podcast to talk about Safe Haven laws, state-by-state policies designed to protect newborns who might otherwise be abandoned with no care. How do these life-affirming laws work, and how might they be improved? Click this link to listen: Interview with EllenContinue reading “Safe Havens: what they are, and how they save lives”
Ellen Kolb 