THIEVES

There are a few celebrities that I would be starstruck over. To folks who know me, it's no secret that I'm on the superfan list for Elton John and Roger Federer. And possibly my guilty pleasure: Donny Osmond. That boy had me swooning to “Puppy Love” while I planned our wedding. He was dripping with …

CRUCIFIXION

Has anyone ever given up on you? That’s a hard one to answer because it’s painful. As uncomfortable as it is,  I’d really rather think of people I’ve given up on than people who’ve given up on me.  I’m a girl of free passes. I have a pocket full of them. Everyone has a bad …

DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM

When my son was 4 months old, I unexpectadly became a single mother. For the next four years it was just me and him. The hardest part of single parenting was balancing diapers and daycare and debt with being sick. Fever, nausea, body aches… No matter how miserable I felt, my suffering took a back …

CROSS

Autism and peanut allergy. That is what dominated my parenting. Autism and peanut allergy. I have one son who has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism. I have another son with a life-threatening peanut allergy. Neither one of these conditions has a cure; niether one goes away. Both diagnoses are life changing because you …

CROWN

The world is about to witness something that hasn’t occured in seventy years, the coronation of the British Monarch. We will see all of the pageantry and symbolism associated with crowning King Charles III. He will be brought to the center of Westminster Abbey and proclaimed the “undoubted King” at which time the congregation will …

PILATE

I’d like to introduce you to the person in my family who is always right. Me. It’s me. I can see a trainwreck coming before the whistle blasts. I give warnings. I explain why I think there is something wrong, or right, with a situation. If there’s an obvious truth, I defend it.Oftentimes I “urge” …

DENIAL

It’s Lent. It’s a time to reflect on the passion of Christ and the disciple of the day is Peter. Peter was zealous. He was usually the one stirred up, the one who would blaze head on into a fight or an adventure. He was devoted to Jesus. He believed that Jesus was the Messiah. …

SANHEDRIN

Have you ever had to remain silent when lies are being spread against you or a group you represent? Have you ever been in the position of defending yourself with what you know is the truth, but you’ve been told to remain silent? It’s infuriating and it takes all you have to wait for the …

BETRAYAL

BETRAYAL  The pain of betrayal is probably the most confusing kind of pain. Sadness, anger, shock, disappointment, and fear fly at you in a whirlwind of blindsides. These feelings don't surface in typical misunderstandings or aggravation. These feelings come from the broken trust of someone you love deeply; someone you believe loves you deeply. A …

GETHSEMANE

GETHSEMANEAs the season of Lent begins, I feel compelled to contemplate the series of events leading to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, beginning with his time of prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Matthew 26 gives the account of Jesus praying desperately as he faced his suffering and death. I’ve had several instances …