_____ A married couple took in a homeless woman, and instead of showing gratitude, the woman turned them into Child Protective Services, accusing the parents of neglect, starvation and other abuses of their… Read More »Two Coaches and a Geography Teacher
A woman stands in the front hall of her house. Crying, she says to her son who is on his way out the door that he is the best son… Read More »Teen Angels
Hulu’s original series The Path takes us into the life of a spiritual community that holds at its center the vision of a ladder and challenges individuals to climb the rungs to get closer to… Read More »Skin to Skin
Who are you?Who, who, who, who?Who are you?Who, who, who, who?Who are you?Who, who, who, who?Who are you?Who, who, who, who? In their classic song, The Who ask an essential… Read More »Unconditional Love
Technically, it was a burglary, but it felt like a robbery. A man and his nephew broke into our house nearly 40 years ago and took some $20,000 worth of… Read More »At An Unexpected Hour
I’m dreaming of a white ChristmasJust like the ones I used to knowWhere the treetops glisten and children listenTo hear sleigh bells in the snow … . Uncle Joe was… Read More »White Christmas
Plates jammed with meatloaf, collards, macaroni and cheese, steam rising in the air, the green, yellow and brown foods pushing up against each other, each flavoring the others, mingling the… Read More »A Cup of Cold Water
When my Uncle Glen was a child, he had gotten his sister, Aunt Frances, a Christmas present and had been very careful to keep it a secret from her. One day… Read More »A Little Lamp
Where have all the flowers gone?Long time passingWhere have all the flowers gone?Long time agoWhere have all the flowers gone?Girls have picked them every oneWhen will they ever learn?When will… Read More »Where have all the flowers gone?
Sincere thanks to guest contributor and friend, Darlene Swanson, for sharing her following homily with the KAE Writes community, originally preached August 20, 2017 at St. David’s Episcopal Church in… Read More »Jesus and the Canaanite Woman