Dear Lord, prepare our hearts this season for the coming of the Christ Child. Help us to put aside our own desires for things we don’t need, To look for the needs of others around us and give a child

Buckets of marigolds surround street vendor stalls in New York City at this time of the year. Marigolds adorn the ofrendas, or personal altars of remembrance, that families display in their homes. I brought some home on my way back from my

We often think of Vida Dutton Scudder (1861-1954) as a young woman—a firebrand radical for social justice whose passions were fueled by her youthful idealism.