Reflections

Jan Brown, reflecting on the death of her son, a Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan, remembered Kevin: “He was born to do this job. If he could do it all over again and have a choice to happen the way it did or work at McDonald’s and live to be 104? He’d do it all over...

The first memory I have of Easter Sunday is diving into an Easter basket – pushing aside the eggs – to get right to the chocolate! I remember my father asking me, “Did you see the Easter Bunny?” Never lacking for imagination, I replied with great certainty: “Yes I...

Perhaps more than any other year in recent memory, our senses are primed and attuned to the changes in nature announcing the coming of spring. It can feel as if our life depends on the new life that is awakened by shifting winds and greater light. The changes in...