Ross, the almost-12-year-old cousin of a good friend of mine (and a good friend of this blog) is in round two of a battle with leukemia. He needs your prayers and lots of them, so please take some time today to send some blessings Ross’ way. In fact, you have my permission to stop reading this blog so that you can pray instead.
As we cross the threshold of a new year, can we embrace what's ahead — with all its messiness and challenge — and offer ourselves and our world compassion ...
