Tag Archives: Children

The Least, the Last, and the Lost

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     In his book Final Words, Adam Hamilton, senior pastor of the Church of the Resurrection in Kansas City, recalls a conversation that happened years ago… Read more »

Kids’ Stuff

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Dr. Paul Offit loves children. As a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases and immunology, he’s long been at the center of the debates swirling around the efficacy of vaccines.  When he thinks that parents or politicians have made choices that put kids at risk, he doesn’t hesitate to speak up. That includes writing an… Read more »

The School for Swallows

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One of the great things about owning a barn in the Midwest is that every spring and summer it becomes a home for barn swallows. These strikingly beautiful visitors are endowed with navy blue backs, cream-colored undersides, a dab of orange under the beak, and distinctive forked tails.  They build their nests high up in the rafters of buildings and barns,… Read more »