The Call: Colored Eggs — Jessica Twelve cups of dye — an infinite combination of colorful eggs. We’re getting ready for Easter. Response: Turning the Pages — Cheryl I read poems and stories hundreds — or even thousands — of years old, and I’m struck by the recurring themes: loyalty, betrayal, pride, honor, ambition. Perhaps […]

The Call: Palm Sunday — Cheryl Holy Week officially starts tomorrow, but we attended Mass this afternoon, where the Passion was “relived” through the Gospel of Luke. Participating in the reading as a member of the crowd and yelling “Crucify him! Crucify him!” gave me pause and prompted me to think of the state of […]

The Call: Living Water — Cheryl Whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst. — John 4:14 The Response: Nice Water — Jessica Yes, water is nice. I should drink more of it.

The Call: The Theology Shelf — Jessica Actually, this is just one of several shelves full of religious books. I have even given a lot of them away. Response: Piecing Together Life — Cheryl “… and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.” — The […]

The Call: Book Learning — Jessica It is one of the paradoxes of life that the more you read and learn the more you realize how little you know. Which, in my case, prompts me to order more books from Amazon. Response: Beauty in Death — Cheryl Equating death with beauty seems paradoxical, but in […]

The Call: Fading Beauty — Jessica Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on. Frédéric Chopin Response: Someone to Watch Over Her — Cheryl O Lord, you search me and you know me, you know my resting and my rising, you discern my purpose from afar. You mark when […]

The Call: Book of Truth — Cheryl Of these I am certain: God loves me; my husband loves me; my kids love me; and I love all of them. I can speak with absolute trust about little else. The Response: Fall Arrives — Jessica As night follows day, autumn follows summer — of that I […]