Reflections by Mary Lou Edgar

A reflection by Mary Lou Edgar for July 2, 2023. My favorite poet is Robert Frost. I learned about him in high school when I was able to hear him read some of his poems. I was mesmerized. I know many of his poems may seem simplistic. They still rhyme – what’s up with that? […]

A reflection by Mary Lou Edgar for June 11, 2023. Recently I read the best-selling book, Demon Copperhead, written by a Pulitzer Prize winning author, Barbara Kingsolver. Many warned me that this book was disturbing and that I would not enjoy it. However, that was not true. There were many themes in the book but […]

A reflection by Mary Lou Edgar for May 21, 2023. Mother’s Day is a day when I am incredibly grateful but also aware of all the mothers who have suffered extreme losses. The day after Mother’s Day, I woke up to realize that a dear friend, the former President of Neumann University, a person for […]

A reflection for February 5, 2023 by Mary Lou Edgar. It is hard to believe that we are in the middle of winter. We have had many nice days and although there have been – and will be – some very cold days, it is a time to enjoy some of the changes that the […]

A Christmas reflection by Mary Lou Edgar, December 23, 2022. Each year, as Christmas approaches, I find it to be more problematic. When we were children, it was a time of mystery, of wanting something, of high adrenaline. Our parents were often victims of shortened tempers and having too much to do. We counted the […]

by Mary Lou Edgar, August 12, 2022 I have always felt that these words, from a song by Joe Wise, were about me —“Lord, teach us to pray. It’s been a long and cold December kind of day. With our hearts and minds all busy in our private little wars, we stand and watch each […]

by Mary Lou Edgar. Freedom. We hear it all the time, and especially now as we approach Independence Day and celebrate our freedom from the British in 1776. As a child of the ’60s, there was much music that made freedom a household word (Everyone Has Got to be Free, Born Free). At the heart […]

by Mary Lou Edgar. Recently Dan and I watched the movie, The Shack. We had both read the book and been moved by it; however, the movie made it more real. The Shack is the story of a man whose child was murdered. It appears in the story that this man has a dream where […]

by Mary Lou Edgar. Many of you know that I worked in adoption and foster care for my entire career. May is Foster Care Month and I thought I would share how my work relates to my spiritual life. I knew I wanted to adopt children when I was very young. I thought about it […]

Reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter, May 1, 2022 by Mary Lou Edgar. “Just after daybreak Jesus stood on the beach, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.” –John 21:4 Can I Change? Easter is such an emotional time. Lent has ended, we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus, and I get […]