It was the first compliment Greta had received since capture that wasn’t about being obedient or following orders. It was about being capable, being intelligent,…
Greta asked, “Do you ever wonder what would have happened if they’d treated us the way we expected”? Leisel answered, “We’d have stayed bitter and…
There was no reason to doubt now. But the question wouldn’t leave me alone. It started happening during my morning prayers. I would be reciting…
All these years of service, all this effort to be good enough, I to be righteous enough to earn God’s favor through my prayers and…
She spent her whole adult life protecting children. She made sure other kids didn’t suffer what she suffered. Laura nodded. Your grandmother was incredibly brave,…
The truth that would cost me everything. The truth that I would declare to my congregation on that devastating, glorious Shabbat morning. He’s standing at…
We were forgiven for another year. I went through the motions of shaking hands, accepting good wishes for a good year. But inside I was…
Where in scripture does God say that blood is necessary until it’s not? That his law can be set aside when it becomes inconvenient. Unless…
Many of them had never thought about the fact that Jesus was Jewish, that all his disciples were Jewish, that the faith they practiced had…
She searched Boston city directories for Sarah Cunningham and found an address in Cambridge, 47 Brattle Street. The notation listed her occupation as teacher, a…

