by Margaret Philbrick | Nov 1, 2023 | Spiritual Growth
We often dumb down joy to equal happiness. But when the question, “What brought you joy today?” surfaces at the dinner table, the answer requires a deeper consideration. Perhaps we don’t think much about joy when we live in an affluent culture where so many things are...
by Margaret Philbrick | Mar 1, 2022 | Faith and Culture
“The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father” (John...
by Margaret Philbrick | Jan 1, 2022 | Literature
Margaret Philbrick spent many summers playing tag in the cherry and apple orchards of northern Wisconsin. Her friend Julie grew up on one of those orchards and her life experiences of harvest and loss inspired this story. ******* Like most things it started with one....
by Margaret Philbrick | Jan 1, 2022 | Poetry
Entrapped by cold concrete, beauty unnoticed between back-to-school walkers, dog sniffers, after dinner strollers. Protected by a crack, fending off frost, courageous late bloomer. Could we be like you? Shining our summer colors when least expected? Hiding our seeds...
by Margaret Philbrick | Jul 1, 2020 | Faith and Culture
God’s timing is perfect and that is certainly true for Sheila Wise Rowe’s book on Healing Racial Trauma. In the midst of a pandemic year, which may well be the worst imaginable year to launch a book, God has allowed our present circumstances to usher in a deep need...
