Filling Up
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
I was really steaming when I turned the car off and started to fill up my tank. Just then, I heard a lady on the other side of the pump ask me if I could help her.
Living in a human world
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
When loss and grief come, we pray and reach out for help. The beauty happens when we share it with others
51 years of peeling the onion
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
One day in 1971 he listened to that still small voice and made a decision. What an adventure it’s been
The heart has is reason
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
From a secular childhood in Kansas to a sober life of spiritual awareness was not as far as it seemed
Best Hamburger Ever
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
How a much needed meal served up the ingredients for repeated acts of kindness
Grandpa’s Promise
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
The journey to have his shortcomings removed turned out to be a gift from the one he loved most
Novenas for Beatrice
September 2012
The Ninth Step helped her show up for her mom as her mom had done for her
Smarter than the Average Bear
September 2012
She always thought she could outsmart the ranger. Then she met her match
Swept Away
September 2012
Reeling from a tragic flood, a woman faces the liquid that later drowned her guilt
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