Seasons of Grace

ShareOnce upon a time, I took home delivery of the Detroit Free Press—allowing its ink to smear my fingers, spread to my cheek, leave smudges on the kitchen table.  To my irritation, my children left it around, comic pages spread wide on the living room floor.  My husband read the Sports Page instead of engaging [...]

ShareHeads up! Talk about being environmentally wasteful!  Here I am, using paper not plastic, recycling my cans and bottles, shunning cars with yellow paint because I hear it’s not good for the environment—and NASA has this rusty old 6½-ton space capsule that’s going to crash land on my head?! That’s the news report, folks.  The [...]

ShareWell, I just wanted to get in on the fun!  My husband’s hot enough, but I’m not sure he’d want me announcing that fact to the world. I’ve gotta say, though, that Pastor Joe Nelms of Family Baptist Church in Lebanon, Tennessee, was certainly not bashful when he offered the opening prayer on Saturday at [...]

ShareHey, Pssst!  Want a Great Deal on an Invisible Pony? I read a story today about newly styled art aficionado Aimee Davison, who paid the notable sum  of $10,000 for a “non-visible” piece of art.  Asked why she spent so much money on something she couldn’t see, Aimee explained that she identified with the ideology of [...]

ShareI’m still pondering an article I read this morning in The Onion, that irreverent newsmagazine which specializes in theatre of the absurd.  The headline reads: Zip-Lining Day Trip to Somehow Save Marriage  The featured fantasy couple were facing a plethora of tough marital challenges: An “increasingly hopeless, angst-ridden relationship” A deepening communications gap The husband’s [...]