Edge of the Conodoguinet Creek, Still Waters Retreat, Carlisle, PA “Don’t forget, you’re going to die.” – WeCroak.com I had been keeping an eye on the spot for weeks. I thought it was a bug bite. I thought it would go away. But it didn’t. ...
Prayer . . . is listening to the voice that calls us “My Beloved.” – Henri Nouwen My husband wakes, alone, in the early morning dark. While the rest of us sleep, he lets the dog out, rekindles a fire in the wood stove, and turns on the coffee...
Photo credit: Damien Taylor – Novelist Billy Coffey gave a great talk and reading Saturday evening. This past weekend, three writers gathered two dozen more behind barn walls. In a square room, wrapped in wood, floored in concrete, we sat around...
My husband loves seafood – shrimp, scallops, crabs – you name it, he loves it. But he absolutely adores Salmon. He calls it “Fish Fudge.” I don’t love seafood. At best, I tolerate it. The idea of Fish Fudge,...
(For the past several months, I’ve participated in a group organized by Oasis Ministries that meets for monthly silent retreat days. We meet one Saturday a month at an old farm turned retreat center near Elizabethown, PA.) I arrive in the nick of time,...
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