FeatureWe have a blended familyBuilding a blended -- or step -- family isn't always easy, but it is possible to create harmony in a "yours, mine, and ours" householdBy: Bill DoddsPreparation. Participation. Professional help. And prayer. When Mark and Beth Doonan* talk about their marriage — the second for each of them — those are the themes they return to, time and again....► Read More
Family"You're a wonderful mother"I thought Mama and I had become close friends only recently. It took a special memory to make me realize we had been friends all alongBy: Patty Duncan"You’re a wonderful mother,” I wrote on the Mother’s Day card with the picture of sunflowers, garden gloves, and a watering can. “You were always home for me after school with warm cookies and...► Read More
FriendshipMary Riley's resurrectionGeorge GurtnerBy: Serving a life sentence for murder was easy compare to facing her victim's granddaughterMary Riley, 64, sits at a table in a day room at Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women at St. Gabriel, 60 miles west of New Orleans. It is a depressingly hot day in south Louisiana, the kind meas...► Read More
FaithThe pastor, the janitor, the old lady, and the...Two childhood events taught this priest what Pentecost is really all aboutBy: Father William J. BauschWhen I was a child of 6 or 7, my parish church was an attractive, semi- Gothic building with pillars forming arches inside the church. In the highest part of the arch in the sanctuary there was this v...► Read More
Friday, May 9Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday.
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