Invitation Dec 10, 2020 2 min Sharing the Light of Hanukkah “Unless we know the value of other religious traditions, it is difficult to develop respect for them. Mutual respect is the foundation of...
Invitation Oct 29, 2020 3 min Bailey’s Big Adventure “Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Written by Leslie Criss W...
Invitation Aug 28, 2020 4 min Farewell to a Friend “When he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in l...
Invitation Jun 19, 2020 3 min A Wistful Father’s Day “She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father." – Harper Lee I...
Invitation May 26, 2020 3 min Choose to be Kind Written by Leslie Criss “I have found that it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of ...
Invitation Apr 28, 2020 3 min Distancing Together Written by Leslie Criss “Invisible threads are the strongest ties.” — Friedrich Nietzsche On a muggy-like-Mississippi, overcast Saturday ...
Invitation Mar 30, 2020 3 min Saying Goodbye to our Friend, Paul Written by M. Scott Morris We started a fire in the backyard the other night. We’ve lived in the house for nearly 15 years and have never...
Invitation Mar 4, 2020 2 min Flowerbeds and Friendship Written by Leslie Criss “I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort, where we overlap.” — Ani DiFran...
Invitation Feb 3, 2020 3 min Heart Art and a Boy Named Chuck Written by Leslie Criss “Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold.” — Zelda Fitzgerald My Arizona-born mother was ...
Invitation Jan 3, 2020 3 min For the Love of Dad Written by Leslie Criss “The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.” — Konrad Lorenz My father loved ...
