There is a joke about how to tell if you live in a rural, suburban or urban neighborhood: If you stand naked on the more »
Author: Rev. Karen Fitz La Barge
An Empty Mason Jar
If you peek around my kitchen, currently perched in a wooden basket on top of the microwave, you will find an empty mason jar. This more »
Daffodils in the Snow
I mournfully peered out of my living room window to my patch of daffodils by the sidewalk. The “daffys” were blooming with their boisterous yellow more »
Just Waiting
I am just waiting, sitting in a hospital room chair while my mother dozes in her room. Across from me, the television flashes at whispered more »
Recycling People
In May of 2023, Kent County broke ground on the last cell available in our landfill. The new 6-acre section is the last of the more »
Water Not Blood
I was despondent as I pulled out the mop and started working on cleaning up the floors. The white tracks were all over the wood more »
A Blue Christmas Chair
In many people’s homes this Christmas, there is an empty blue chair. — It may not be literally blue, excepting the La-Z- Boy recliners and more »
The Joy of Mismatched Chairs
“Honey, could you please bring in some more chairs?” Our Christmas gatherings would be complete failures if all of the people that we love did more »
God’s Love Came Down in the Morning!
For the fourth Sunday of Advent, the theme traditionally is Love. While it is easier to find Christmas carols for the other Sundays of Advent, more »