Author: C. Robin Janning

Not just a definite sign of spring but a wonderful gift at this Easter season. Wearing the color of a brilliant golden sun and always

Maybe any one day of a life, even the most humdrum, has in it something of the mystery of that life as a whole. (Read

Image above (and on front-page mastheads): Sacrifice by Sherry Byrd.

She knelt beside the neatly planted rows of cumin, dill, and mint. The clear March sky was bright; a flock of birds flew high. She

  While sitting in the doctor’s office, I was intrigued by the sky as seen through a rectangular window. The clouds were skittering by, yet

Seen above, left (and on front-page mastheads): Grandmother’s Spoon; middle: The Fork That Will Not Stab; and right: Knife for P, from the Artifacts II

HAPPY IS THE ONE WHO walks otherwise Than in the manner of the heedless Who stands otherwise Than in the way of the twisted Who

Today Just now Always so Truly so The light will come out of the darkness Out of all the struggles a great light will come

Image above and on front-page mastheads: Christmas Morning by Virginia Wieringa.