The Rabbi’s Lesson

Why does God allow suffering?  Twenty five years ago I often asked that question.  I was a new mother but my baby daughter was seriously ill.  Not only did she have Downs syndrome but the doctors had discovered a life-threatening… Read More

Smile Wrinkles

Last week, on a lazy Sunday afternoon, I found myself watching an infomercial on TV.  As I lounged on the couch, a well-groomed woman, middle aged and very blond, pitched the virtues of a wrinkle reducing cream.
“It’ a miracle. … Read More

Welcome to Heaven

When I was growing up, our family life often revolved around the game of hockey.    Every winter, my father would make a skating rink in our back yard.   My sisters and brothers, all nine of us, learned to skate, twirl… Read More

The Divine Touch

Over two decades ago, on a snowy November night, our first baby was born with Down’s syndrome.   It was a winter filled with the despair of dashed hopes and dreams.  But it was also a season when the warmth of… Read More

Good Company

The windows of the coffee shop were decorated with pine garland and strands of cranberries. As the snow fell outside the shop, I stomped the snow from my boots.
It was early December, the first week of Advent.

“I’ll have… Read More

A Holy Interruption

I like the idea that Rachael, my youngest daughter, attends a Christian college just twenty five minutes from our home. At nineteen years of age, she has her independence but still gets home quite often to do her laundry or… Read More

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