Last year on a deployment in the Sand Box (or what I like to call the Rock Box), and I met someone. Her name is Mable, she a small Indian woman. Five years after Mable got married, her husband passed... Read more >>

The other day while driving along a community road, I noticed a sign posted on a lawn, which read: Vote Freedom First. Immediately, I asked the person riding with me, what this campaign message was... Read more >>

In the today’s world, there are so many things that demand our attention.  Recently, the devastating tornadoes in the Midwest have shocked and affected many people. Daily, we try and cope... Read more >>

You say you’re nervous to face your family this Thanksgiving? You’re hoping just this once you get through the holiday without a bruised ego? Look to the saints! The great prophets of... Read more >>

Despite the Christian Right’s perpetual kerfuffle with Hollywood, Christians love finding God in film. If you’ve been to a big Evangelical church anytime in the last fifteen years,... Read more >>

My husband died almost three years ago of a massive heart attack at age fifty-two. Losing him was a huge change to go through, and my yoga practice and all the years of learning to be present were… Read more >>

There’s one thing that kept me from getting to know Jesus for most of my life. And that thing is religion. The hypocrisy, the fakeness, the “holier than thou,” and the “you... Read more >>

Holy cow. This is a heck of a thing to start off with as a “First Article,” but with everything happening today in the world and at the office, I have to blow steam somewhere … so... Read more >>

I am misunderstood. I believe most liberals are. This is not because I am inarticulate or that (all) conservatives are necessarily closed-minded. Rather, I feel there are preconceptions regarding... Read more >>

Q: Hello, Ms. Schillinger. Would you mind briefly introducing yourself? A: Thanks, it’s a pleasure to “be” here. I am wife and mother, a Southerner, a small business woman, a... Read more >>