Bring Back Respair!

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Shelley Schurch Sunday, May 19, 2024 It was a game we made up, which could very accurately be described as a word game. I would bring our big dictionary to my mother and we would take turns closing our eyes, ruffling through its pages,...

Rapture?

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Maylan Schurch Sabbath, May 18, 2024 In late April, on my usual post-breakfast walking route, I saw what may have been another bit of breakfast on a sidewalk. I’m not sure if that’s a piece of boiled carrot or sweet potato, or possibly a...

Romance!

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Maylan Schurch Friday, May 17, 2024 During the first week in April, Shelley and I drove up to the town of Monroe, where I gave a series of chapel talks to students at an Adventist elementary school. After each day’s talk was done, she and...

Human Factor

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Russell Jurgensen Thursday, May 16, 2024 I always have mixed feelings when viewing impressive structures like the Columbia Center in Seattle, pictured here. On the one hand, it seems to represent an excess of pride and wealth. At 76...

Vault of The Sky

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Darren Milam Wednesday, May 15, 2024 If you pay attention to any of the social media platforms, I am sure over the past few days you’ve seen many images (probably better than mine) of the recent Aurora borealis sighting in the US, as far...

Prairie Warbler

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Robert Howson Tuesday, May 14, 2024 We’ve all heard the expression “the honeymoon’s over” as a reference to the solemn reality that day-to-day married life is often not the same as those first few glorious days after the “I do’s” have...