Happy Anniversary – To Us!

Sixteen years ago today I slipped into scandalous underwear and then a wedding gown at my grandmother’s house. Talk about a once-in-a-lifetime experience! My dear friend Jennifer and I spent the morning making our own bouquets at the kitchen table. Queen...

A Poem in Memory of Aunt Bess

If my great-aunt Bess were still alive, she would have turned 108 this month. We fell in love when I was a toddler and never fell out. When I stopped going to church in college, she would ask me, every time I saw her if I’d started back. When I finally did, I...

Communion in the Round

We might have been uneasy if we’d known what was in store that Good Friday. The church service followed Christ’s last hours before his crucifixion. From his plans for the Passover meal to his final words this side of Heaven, the service was laid out for...