Lyka Amethyst C. Perandos reflects on finding hope and courage in God's presence, even through the darkest valleys of life.

I was very nearly a pop star. At 17, I signed a record deal with my band, Half Brother. Our album – of love songs – came out in the same month as the Sex Pistols’ debut, Never Mind the Bollocks, so ...

Claire Henley Miller is the author of memoir Mile 445: Hitched in Her Hiking Boots and the writer behind the Substack newsletter Tennessean in Maine. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from the ...

By Mark Wilmoth Educators call it “spaced repetition.” Educators have long recognized that repetition is key in mastering new material; few people have a memory that allows them to fully understand ...

You probably have heard before that we humans can live without food for 30 to 40 days, maybe even longer, but we cannot live without some form of water intake for more than about three days. In ...

King David compared himself to sheep. A common misconception is that sheep are stupid; why would David use that comparison? Research shows sheep are intelligent. They ...

Jerry Brevelle, Sr., 70, passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. He is preceded in death by his parents, Lester “Bick” and Florine Brevelle; and his sister, Ruby Ducote. Those left to cherish his ...

Jesus and Peter. Jesus and me. Jesus and you! Alone the storms are too great to face. But we aren’t meant to face them by ourselves. We're saved by God’s grace through faith and trust in Him, not by ...

God's ways of seeing are not our ways, we hear in today's First Reading. Jesus illustrates this in the Gospel as the blind man comes to see and the Pharisees are made blind. The blind man s ...

Poised high-side and privately screened from the road, this fabulous full brick Californian bungalow offering generous living over two levels in a premier tree-lined street. Beautifully presented, the ...

In the Gospel of John (John 9:1–41), on Laetare Sunday, Jesus heals a man born blind. He makes mud, anoints his eyes, and tells him to wash in the pool of Siloam (which means Sent). The man goes. He ...