Month: April 2019

An Audacious Crown of Thorns

by Sylvia Schroeder on April 10, 2019

“Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “You have said so,” Jesus replied. (Mark 15:2; NIV) Easter mornings looked like new clothes and smelled like ham baking. It culminated with Easter Egg hunts and marshmallow peeps. With my new little pink dress spread out like a cloud around me on a wooden church pew, […]

Till Kids Do Us Part

by Sylvia Schroeder on April 4, 2019

Okay, so it’s possible I don’t like her child. That friend who’s been a friend for as long as I can remember, the one who dried my tears after break ups and sad movies, the friend who knew my fiancé and I were engaged before we really were…that friend’s kid drives me crazy. In fact, […]