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A Valentine’s card for all

Posted January 27th, 2022

Valentine’s Day is one of those commercialized holidays that boost the bottom lines of candy companies — and florists. But when I was a little girl, Feb. 14 wasn’t about flowers or even the chocolates in the heart-shaped box that my mother would put on top of my cereal bowl in the morning. (It was always a beautiful sight to see that loving gesture brightening what would have been just another ordinary wintry day for my brother, sister and me. I tried my best not to get into the candy before heading to school, emphasis on “tried.”)

Who among you are lonely?

Posted August 21st, 2020

In this time of social distancing, loneliness has taken on a new level of intensity, especially for people who thrived on their church’s social connections.