by Ingrid Lochamire | Dec 17, 2013 | Faith
It was a strange juxtaposition, now that I think of it. Back in the years when we celebrated Christmas at the little white church by the side of the road, every Christmas program ended with a visit from Saint Nick. Bearded, dressed in a fur-trimmed red suit and black...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Oct 18, 2013 | Faith, Worship
Theologian and philosopher Dietrich Bonhoeffer famously said “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” Bonhoeffer was referring to Christ’s call to a surrendered life…..to a life given over to following Him. But can’t we also know that the...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Oct 2, 2013 | Faith, Wisdom
I sat there, in the presence of saints, and my heart wept for them. For the woman whose husband left for work two years ago — and never came back. And the mature mother who quietly shares that her son is in prison…..again…..then whispers that she...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Sep 1, 2013 | Faith, Family
Between doing loads of laundry…..checking off that college packing list….swiping at those unbidden tears…. I popped the CD on the top of my music stack into the CD player and was taken back 40 years to my one and only year in college. “You just...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Aug 23, 2013 | Faith
There she is, on the cover of my magazine — that skinny, auburn-haired actress who…. “KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS….AND SHE’S MAKING IT HAPPEN”. Perusing other titles on the magazine cover, I decide that maybe she’s not “STUCK...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Aug 20, 2013 | Faith, Family
So much I can’t tell you…..but surely you know. Blue moon rises on this summer night and as I watch, I’m caught in memories of full-moon romps, of little boys rolling in grass lit bright as day, calling out so we wouldn’t miss the silliness. Calling out so we’d be...