In the spirit of the holidays and in the joyful style of Hallmark, here is the first installment of Stand Still & Chill, a free-read novella set in West Virginia's beautiful Canaan Valley. Look for more chapters over the next two weekends! Stand Still & Chill Volume 2 of the Match Made in Almost Heaven… Continue reading Free-Read Christmas Novella
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A trail of book crumbs
I thought I knew all the juicy family "secrets." The marriages, the not-quite marriages and, well, the one about the many-greated uncle -- a farmer who was shot to death on a dirt road I have actually walked. The story is that my relative discovered someone was stealing his chicken feed and he poisoned the… Continue reading A trail of book crumbs
A Year of Grieving Comfortably
The first time I put on a piece of my mother’s clothing – excepting for frequent try-ons of a pair of metallic gold dress shoes that lured me into her closet when I was young -- was the night she died. A sudden stroke last Easter weekend became an instant, irreversible coma. She lingered only… Continue reading A Year of Grieving Comfortably
When church goes right … and it makes the national news!
The Rev. Darrell Cummings of Bethlehem Apostolic Temple in Wheeling, W.Va., jokes with Dallas Cowboys player C.J. Goodwin, who grew up attending the church. Photos by Rebecca Kiger, story by Nora Edinger. Reprinted with permission from The Washington Post Magazine. “We’re not a Black church or a White church. We’re just a church,” the Rev.… Continue reading When church goes right … and it makes the national news!
From Prof to Priest
Here is an interesting feature I wrote recently about a Greek Orthodox priest who was once a professor at a school of pharmacy. Click here to read the full story of his faith journey.
Nora Edinger -- JOY Journal 