(a Steve Orr scripture reflection) I was in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at a restaurant named Algiers when I first saw the poem. It was...

The first time in the Bible that we read about something being touched is in the warning from God to Adam and Eve about the fruit in the...

(a Steve Orr Lent reflection) Sometimes we just need a sign. But a sign in and of itself is not enough. For a sign to be useful, we must...

What is faith? Faith is being sure of what you hope for and being confident of what you cannot see. When I think of what has made my...

by Steve Orr scripture reflection) The Tsar blamed the Jews. In the musical Fiddler on the Roof, the story takes place in Russia during...

Kewa, as some of you know, is the name of the language group in Papua New Guinea with whom Joice and I lived and worked. The language...

(a Steve Orr Epiphany reflection) We had heard the rumors. They just seemed too amazing to be true. Moonshiners, Al Capone, Prohibition....

An online definition of twins specifies two types, identical and fraternal. The Identical twins, always the same sex, result from the...

Some of you may remember the comic strip The Family Circus, by Bil & Jeff Keane.  I always looked forward to reading it, especially in...

(a Steve Orr scripture reflection) I have long been infatuated by the stories behind songs. I will go to almost any lengths to find out...