by Ingrid Lochamire | Mar 24, 2016 | Faith
The last time I sat in the kitchen with my friend, Kathy, I could see her trays of seedlings lined up under grow lights in the next room. Inch-high heirloom tomatoes and peppers, melons, herbs and who-knows-what-else held the promise of sun-warmed produce in the...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Mar 7, 2016 | Faith, Worship
We will celebrate the Resurrection of Christ in less than three weeks. Halfway through Lent, I’m pondering what the Lenten season means to me, and revisiting an experience from two years ago that turned around my thinking on the tradition of “giving...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Feb 15, 2016 | Faith
He was smiling from ear to ear when I pulled in their driveway. Our dog Buddy’s morning romp had taken him to the neighbor’s house. Again. Buddy was pretty pleased with himself, but I was none too happy. I got him into the back seat of my car, apologized...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Feb 8, 2016 | Faith
It’s enough to make a woman give up traveling. A month ago, during a much-anticipated trip to Nashville, TN, to spend the weekend with our four sons, I wound up languishing for 24 hours in a hospital with cardiac issues. Fast-forward to last week’s...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Dec 21, 2015 | Faith
Nothing’s as it should be in my world today. It’s raining when it should be snowing. The house is quiet and the day is dark; there should be laughter and light. It’s almost Christmas, after all! Everything’s wrong. Yet, somehow it’s...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Dec 8, 2015 | Faith
I caught sight of my reflection in the mirror as I passed by recently and I did a double-take. Who is that woman, the one with the glum expression, the drooping face, the sad eyes? Taking stock of the image most people see when I’m not “on”, when...
