Why Buy Organic?

  Why Buy Organic? My mother would be shocked if she saw me cooking up a storm with my organic veggies. When she and Dad were married during World War II, cooking was the last thing on her radar. Her lack of interest in anything culinary came to a crisis when my...

Jewish Roots of Christianity

    When my editor asked me to write about the Kol Nidre service (held the evening of the holy day of Yom Kippur) at a local Messianic Jewish congregation, I had no idea what to expect. Until then, I thought most Jews did not believe Jesus was the Messiah....

Long Hard Road

LONG HARD ROAD My Grandparents, Mom, and me I was 15 the Easter my grandfather suffered a stroke. He was a big man, and my Grandmother was petite. I called her “Little Grandma.” I remember Grandpa lying in his bed upstairs. He had Grandma attach a sturdy rope to the...