Emilie Richards

“Do you believe in miracles? Well, you should. In fact, life itself is a big miracle. There are so many things that are beyond our understanding. There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. -Albert Einstein, physicist

“It is hard for me to understand a culture that not only hates and fights his brothers but even attacks Nature and abuses her. Man must love all creation or he will love none of it. Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. Without…

Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers, and singers of song.” – Unknown Happy Father’s Day to fathers and to the men who have been “fathers” to so many just by their kindness and willingness to help and mentor other people’s children all over the world.

In Memoriam   “There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem that you’re not willing to resolve.” -Miroslav Volf  

GANDHI Said: Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your WORDS. Keep your words positive  because your words become your BEHAVIOR. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your HABITS. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your VALUES. Keep your values positive because your values become your DESTINY.

Let us pray for: The mothers too tired to enter or too busy to care. This is for all the mothers who froze their buns off on metal bleachers at soccer games Friday night instead of watching from cars, so that when their kids asked, “Did you see my goal?” they could say, “Of course, wouldn’t…

April this year is a special time to celebrate birth and renewal for all the Abrahamic religions. Ramadan began on April 1st and continues through the month. Passover began on Friday and ends on the 23rd. And Easter Sunday is today. Wherever you are, whatever your religious convictions, I hope you enjoy a lovely spring weekend,…

There once was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “How…

“Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.” -Van Gogh I went to see the Beyond Van Gogh presentation last week with my husband and friends and found it amazing. The immersive show has been traveling around the country for the last several years, attracting many people to the…