Greetings, Susan! My name is Edwin D.  and live in MD.  I received my Biology degree, then my secondary education degree - and, also by God's grace I received a position in our county (where nearly my entire extended family lives!) Having been … [Read more...]

What is a first world problem? As a person of faith enjoying the holiday season, I’ve had a lot of recent opportunities to ask myself that question. We took my grandson Max and his best friend Michael to a pro hockey game last night. It was our … [Read more...]

The Bible describes Joseph’s ascendancy in the house of his master, Potiphar: “And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and whatever he (Joseph) did the Lord made prosper in his hand.” Genesis 39:3 Tradition teaches us that Potiphar was not … [Read more...]

Stay single until you meet the person who makes you laugh until it hurts. The one who heals any pain they didn’t cause in the past. But more than that, makes you forget about it. The one who shows you that love isn’t confusion or pain. Stay single … [Read more...]

It was a lovely little dinner party. There were eight of us sitting around the table discussing politics and current events. For once, blessed relief from long-winded plot descriptions about everyone's favorite t.v. shows. Did I mention I don't … [Read more...]

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by Susan Diamond I wake in darkness. Not yet dawn. Before I open my eyes I stretch, so grateful to be alive another day in Jerusalem. I sit up in my hotel bed. I swing around and my feet hit the floor. I stand up, put my robe on and walk to the … [Read more...]

It's a Wednesday morning 6:45 a.m. A cold fall day in Chicago, the sky is pitch black. I sit in my usual seat in the chapel, last row in front of the windows, next to my friend Shelley. We've been praying next to each other since—maybe 2010. So only … [Read more...]