by Valorie Quesenberry | Sep 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
Buildings disintegrated. Planes exploded. People died. And mounds of ash were left to remind us of what once had been. Historically, Judaism has rejected cremation of the dead because it destroys the body, the vessel that houses the soul and makes impossible the...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Jul 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
There are many reasons for celebrating the Fourth of July, I believe. They range from a day free from the grind of work to an affinity for the fizzle and boom of firecrackers. But, to be honest, there are very good reasons for literally embracing this national holiday...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Jul 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s been a week since the High Court handed down a decision in the Dobbs case that effectively ended the federal blessing to the slaughter legalized by Roe v. Wade. The world had to pause. And well it should. The assisted death of over 60 million babies is...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Aug 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
The recent controversy over Matthew West’s song “Modest is Hottest” reminds us that we run afoul of balance when we do not take a holistic approach to modesty. The song had been out barely hours when the opinions began to come in. Some loved it; others were horrified....
by Valorie Quesenberry | Dec 25, 2020 | Bethlehem, Christmas
I looked for an image of the Nativity to accompany a Christmas social media post and all the options displayed on my stock image site were cartoonish, Precious Moments-ish, Willow Tree-esque, unreal. There were no depictions with actual people. And I wondered –...
