by ThePerennialGen | Apr 27, 2019 | General Thoughts, Grief
by Carol Longenecker Hiestand In the fall of 2005 I lost my only surviving sibling, my brother, age 49. He was hunting, got lost in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana … Read...
by ThePerennialGen | Apr 22, 2019 | General Thoughts
by Dorothy Greco One Sunday morning in October it became clear that after fifteen years of service to our church, it was time for my husband to hand in his … Read...
by ThePerennialGen | Apr 20, 2019 | General Thoughts, Grief
By Charlotte Thomason On August 23, 2013, my morning was routine . . . until 11:30 when my supervisor unexpectedly asked me to join a conference call. That call ended at 12:15, prompting … Read...
by ThePerennialGen | Apr 18, 2019 | General Thoughts
by Nicole Howe There’s no stone to lay the flowers down besideNo mention in the paper, though something clearly diedNo gathering for family and friends to eulogizeIt’s … Read...
by ThePerennialGen | Mar 31, 2019 | Aging, General Thoughts, Spiritual Formation
by Poet-Pastor Larry P. Morris Editor’s note: These holy words offer a poetic perspective we rarely hear – that of a husband walking alongside a beloved wife battling Stage 4 … Read...
by ThePerennialGen | Mar 19, 2019 | General Thoughts, Relationships
by Beth J. Drechsel I smiled at her. That was all. The next time I saw her she got in my face and loudly exclaimed, “Let’s be friends!” Honestly, I … Read more