At this back-to-school time of year I’m reminded of how the most important lessons I learn in life are from my mother. Though I’m 56, and my mother is 86, she is still my best and far and away most likable teacher.
One of the joys of my aging years is the Sunday school class I teach at Faith Mennonite Church in Newton, Kan. We sit around a long table in a classroom that doubles as the health and wellness room. As one who has difficulty hearing, I like it that at the table we lean in toward each other as we speak, our quarterlies and Bibles on the table before us …