One of the gifts of the Spirit is faith. (1Corinthians 12:9) Twice God has given me that gift. Once was on vacation, when our old Volkswagen bus broke down. As my husband and I stood by the side of road, looking at the sheared-off bolt from the water pump, I felt sure that we would …
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Against our own Bodies
Today, my computer desktop shows a photo I took of wisteria. The pyramid of purple hangs among the delicate green leaves. At the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C., a wide swath of wisteria intersects the front of the older building that faces the mall. I stood under the massive vines once, bees buzzing, …
Know What We Know
Over my computer is a watercolor of the house across the street. My late mother-in-law, Libby, painted it in her old age, from a photo I’d taken one golden fall evening. A flag flutters in the shadows above a picket fence. The white house is trimmed with red striped awnings over two small front windows. …