By Toni Ullom Howler was the runt of the litter. His brothers Brutus and Bull were twice his size. Mealtime was like a war as Howler tried to get some of the food. Usually all he got was scratched and bitten as his brothers gobbled down every last morsel of food. Over time Howler grew [...]

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth … 13 Gird yourselves and lament, you priests; wail, you who minister before the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, you who minister to my God; for the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your [...]

By Pam Vernon It was that time again. The Prayer meeting tonight at church and afterwards, supper. There was an expectation that everybody bring a plate of food but the housekeeping funds barely made it around the kids’ school needs, their clothing and some of those little extras the kids always appreciated, let alone food [...]