Lorraine V. Murray News & Columns
Lorraine Murray is a parishioner at St. Thomas More Church in Decatur.
Lorraine V. Murray
“The great biscotti test”
English
For most folks Christmas evokes a spicy scent emanating from a freshly cut tree. But in my family the season of Advent also had its own alluring aroma, which came from hazelnut biscotti. The recipe my mother used—crumpled and creased with butter stains on the edges—came from her grandmother in Salerno, Italy. Early in Advent […] English
Previous Columns by Lorraine V. Murray
Good times with pasta, pajamas and poker
The lesson of the one-eyed sparrow
Goblins and demons and other night creatures
Confessions of an ex-tattletale
‘Help! My child has left the church!’
The day my stuffed toys turned into footballs
The angel of the gap
Secret prayers whispered in the kitchen
Blessed are the renters
The girl who didn’t trust angels
Journeying to the Promised Land
‘I’m glad you were born’
Grateful for fuzzy blessings
The wrong side of the door
Dashing down a path in heaven
Sleepwalking through life
Mother Mary’s tears
Lenten love letters
Reflections on prayer, penance—and pretzels