Barbara Anne Radtke I am a widow of almost 10 years. On May 1, my husband Andrew would have celebrated his 75th birthday. On special...

Photo credit ©Ron Hendricks May 2nd, 2022 By Kathy Hendricks On a recent trip to Europe, I had an unexpected chance to visit a cherished...

by Barbara Anne Radtke Our dad taught us early in life that worth is relative. When our mom would tell us how little a loaf of bread...

Kathy Hendricks When my husband, Ron, and I planned a European river cruise to celebrate our anniversary, I never envisioned an ending in...

Barbara Radtke “Pick of the Week” is a little feature in the right hand column of our home page. It showcases an item that stood out to...

Barbara Radtke A family member told me that an acquaintance was recently scammed out of a great deal of her life savings. An older...

“What we crave in the wilderness are fresh words from the mouth of God – not yesterday’s manna, nor tomorrow’s, but just enough for...

Barbara Anne Radtke I had another topic planned for this week’s blog entry, but it seemed to pale in comparison to Putin’s invasion of...

Kathy Hendricks As children, my friend, Bill, and I had a fascination with the early Christian martyrs. We took it to such an extreme...

Barbara Radtke I recently heard Kelly Brown Douglas deliver a lecture based on her new book Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Back Lives...

Kathy Hendricks We all loved Betty White. This was obvious when she trended for the past few years on Twitter and alarms about her health...

Michael J. O’Loughlin, the author of Hidden Mercy (Kathy’s Pick of the Week), is speaking virtually at the invitation of St. Ignatius...

Barbara Radtke That remote learning failed is a truism of pandemic analysis. Often it refers to K-12 education, but I would not be...

Kathy Hendricks “We need to have a conversation about…” I wonder how many times I have heard this line in conjunction with...

Our friendship took off with some old and new technology – phone calls and email. Having met each other while serving on a national board...