LAGNIAPPE—How To Date Your Mother

LAGNIAPPE—How To Date Your Mother

By Karen Robertson “Hi, Mom! What are you doing next Friday?” As I spoke into the telephone I smiled, picturing my elderly mother checking the calendar that hung in her kitchen. Age and cataracts had limited Mom’s ability to drive, limiting her independence. That,...
RAVE REVIEWS—A Widow’s Journey

RAVE REVIEWS—A Widow’s Journey

By Susan E. Richardson “What am I to be now that I’m a widow?” No longer part of a couple, feeling outside the world you once lived in “now that there’s only one plate at the table, one glass, one knife, fork, and spoon, one napkin.” New questions, new thoughts, and...
RAVE REVIEWS—Jesus, A Visual History

RAVE REVIEWS—Jesus, A Visual History

By SUSAN E. RICHARDSON If Jesus has ever seemed “long ago and far away,” then consider a copy of Jesus, A Visual History by Donald L. Brake, Sr. Here you’ll find the story of the four Gospels brought together in harmony, along with a wealth of archaeological and...