When my daughter lived in New York, she visited a church that hosted a special Christmas service on December 23 each year. The service was for members of the community…
If you’ve never read Jane Eyre, first of all, we need to fix that. Secondly, get cozy, and let me tell you about my favorite scene. Jane is a governess…
I don’t like conflict. In fact, I’ve nibbled my nails and stared at that one sentence for at least twenty minutes now. I’m down one thumbnail, and I’m thinking that…
Last week, my daughter brought home a book from preschool. It was a scrapbook filled with photos of her classmates, and every day I told her, “We’ll read it later.”…
Everyone knows the familiar scene in Disney’s The Lion King: at the lowest point in his life, Simba has a vision of his father, Mufasa, speaking these powerful words, “You…