Katherine Elberfeld

Nine parts dust and one part light, Just motes that shimmer on the air, Like stars, for one brief moment bright, We vanish even as we flare. There’s sweetness in… Read More »The Light in Lent

You can’t go home again. Thomas Wolfe, one of the most treasured authors produced by this country, says it outright in the title of his classic novel: You can’t go… Read More »Presto Valet

Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap at the window. A brilliant red cardinal flew again and again at the windows lining the room where we were gathered… Read More »On Scarlet Wings

Maintaining community in the face of conflict, negotiating healthy interpersonal dynamics, and striving intentionally for an equitable distribution of power are all tenets of servant-leadership, a philosophy formed by the simple… Read More »A Better Way

The world’s heart hangs heavy in her bosom this week. A soccer stadium full of people, a concert hall full of people, restaurants full of people. Now more than 130 dead… Read More »Voices of Hope

“ … Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man said to him, ‘My teacher, let me see again.’ Jesus said to… Read More »Alleluia

At the end of the masterful television series “30 Rock,” which I recently enjoyed in binge-fashion, several story lines come together.  Events in actor Tina Fey’s life happened also in… Read More »Matryoshka Dolls

Upside down cake – cake on the bottom; pineapples on top.   Finished off with a flourish of shiny red Maraschino cherries. Roller coasters:  straight up, straight down, loop, loop. Upside… Read More »Upside down cake

Georgia death row inmate Kelly Gissendaner was executed two weeks ago for her role in the killing of her husband.  My friend Anne Elizabeth Swiedler stood vigil outside the state’s… Read More »Death and New Life

EVOO.  Mysterious code on restaurant menus.  What could it mean? I imagine that virtually all of you – if not all of you – knew what EVOO means before I… Read More »EVOO