by alan | Aug 5, 2010 | Keeping the Faith, Premier Issue
By Nina Odele Saint Teresa of Avila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sanchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (March 28, 1515, at Gotarrendura (Avila), Old Castile, Spain – October 4, 1582, at Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain) was a prominent Spanish mystic,...
by alan | Sep 1, 2010 | Keeping the Faith, Premier Issue
By A. R. Graham Buddy does not like other dogs very much or people for that matter. He was a one-year-old cup of sadness when he was adopted from an animal shelter and was days away from going down for the big sleep. Buddy was no one’s buddy at all. He rejected all...
by alan | Aug 31, 2010 | Keeping the Faith, Premier Issue
By John Foskett Norma Veronica Malins was diagnosed with breast cancer in her early sixties. Terrified by the thoughts that she would not live very long, she set out on a quest to save enough money to go visit her brother and his family in California. She bought a...
by alan | Aug 31, 2010 | Keeping the Faith, Premier Issue
By Lynne Harpst Koen When our lives are on track, all is right in our personal universe. Good health, gatherings with friends and family, the unconditional love of our pets, et cetera. Good times! However, everyone gets derailed from time to time. It’s part...
by alan | Sep 23, 2010 | Keeping the Faith, Premier Issue, Special Military Issue
By George Koen I’m a’going salmon fishing with my friend up north. I left about 4:30 in the morning from San Diego. My plane landed in Los Angeles about an hour and a half later. After a short layover, we headed to Arcata – actually, it was McKinleyville Airport in...
