The Valley of the Shadows can be a dark, lonely place. There is no color there. No hint of spring or the growth of new life. No promises of better things to come. No Easter. We all know people who […]

Are you worn out with all the noise? The cacophonous clamor for your attention can be draining.  It seems everyone has an opinion or offer for you these days where perspective dictates it’s the loudest or most persistent sales pitch

There’s a reason so many people find God on farms. Farms represent wilderness. A place of wandering and want, struggle and despair. Anyone who’s ever endeavored to live on one, or has known anyone who has, would wholeheartedly agree. Just

The house was open, the door unlocked. In a small stucco house on Olympic Boulevard, not far from the Avenue of the Stars in West LA on Christmas Eve, holiday goers in the 1950s could always count on a cup