A husband and wife were having some problems at home. They had argued and now they were giving each other the silent treatment. It lasted all weekend long, it was…
William Faulkner, the novelist, toiled for years as an unknown, disrespected writer in rural Mississippi before he finally gained recognition. When he won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1950,…
Sue Monk Kidd, in one of her books, recalls her youth and how she would prepare for Christmas. In early December, she would sit by the wooden nativity set clustered…
One family decided to let their three-year-old daughter record the message for callers on their smart phone. The rehearsals went smoothly: “Mommy and Daddy can’t come to the phone right…
Some of you Baby Boomers like me might remember the humorist Sam Levinson who was on TV when screens were black and white. Sam liked to the story of the…
Today is the Second Sunday of Advent. In the Gospel (Matthew 3:1-12) we listen to a most unpleasant prophet, John the Baptist. John the Baptist is not a popular figure…
Several times in Treats for the Soul over the last few years I have told a memorable story that occurred when I was just 26-years old. I was a newly-ordained…
