The life-changing magic of electricity

What do you take for granted?  It seems like everyone is guilty of not valuing some person or aspect of their lives, until he/she/it goes away. On Tuesday, the power went out during my spirituality group’s meeting. We had gathered in a basement classroom of the church’s ministry building. The food pantry workers were in the…

Bringing nature home

When my son was a little boy, one of the first written symbols he recognized was the golden arches. It would be a bit longer before words made sense to him, but he knew what that particular logo represented. This is attributable to businesses’ excellent marketing departments and intellectual property attorneys, in contrast to trees or…