One spring, after a long and icy winter, Patricia E. Deegan, Ph.D., Director of Training National Empowerment Center, in Lawrence, MA, wrote the following: “It is springtime and hope is everywhere. It is springtime and it feels like all living things are trembling into being, still wet and new and…
Read more“Sabbatical or a sabbatical (from Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos, from Hebrew shabbat, i.e., Sabbath, literally a “ceasing”) is a rest from work, or a break, often lasting from two months to a year. The concept of sabbatical has a source in shmita, described several places in the Bible (Leviticus…
Read more“……We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don’t give up and quit. We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. Through suffering, these…
Read more“My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. Those who desert him will perish, for you destroy those who abandon you. But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made…
Read moreWe are so proud of our son-in-law, Karl. First let me give you some background; Karl was born in San Juan Puerto Rico to a Spanish mother and American father. When Karl was 5 years old the family moved to the US (Arizona) where he had the daunting task of…
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