Wealth at our Door…

Murphy and Me: January 1, 2011 …and Blessings at our Table I’ve been home this week recovering from abdominal surgery. My husband Rich has cared for me and our home as I recuperate. My daughter Elaine called on Wednesday to inquire how I was doing and if we needed a hand with anything. I was […]


Wealth at our Door…

Murphy and Me: January 1, 2011 …and Blessings at our Table I’ve been home this week recovering from abdominal surgery. My husband Rich has cared for me and our home as I recuperate. My daughter Elaine called on Wednesday to inquire how I was doing and if we needed a hand with anything. I was […]


Called to Serve

God’s Got your Number Did a situation ever get under your skin, moving you to act? Rowdy Metzger has a tale about that. On October 16, in Pasadena, a young father abandoned his car in a parking garage, leaving his three-year-old son strapped in his car seat, and stumbled away, drunk. Police subsequently arrested him for […]


The Dog Mob

JD the Lab, Ole Boy Trevor, Rich, and Lil’ Doc Devotion and Dependence My husband Rich and I frequently have exchanges like this: Me: The dogs love you! Rich: I feed them. However you conceive it, there’s no question that our pack is devoted to us. They throw a ticker-tape parade every time we return home. In […]


All Fall Down

Is Grace in My Wake? Last night someone I admire as a spiritual mentor made a “joke” based on an  ugly racial stereotype. It would have been an “open mic” moment, wherein the celebrity/politician/media whipping boy of the week is publicly captured making a comment meant to be kept private, except: 1. We’re not famous, so no microphones follow us around. […]