Lorraine V. Murray News & Columns
Lorraine Murray is a parishioner at St. Thomas More Church in Decatur.
Lorraine V. Murray
“Dreams give us a glimpse of heaven”
English
The leafless fingers of the grape vines shudder, while the fig tree raises its skeletal hands toward the sky. A listless wind pushes leaves down the street—and a faraway train calls mournfully. In winter the world seems dead. No stirring symphony from crickets, cicadas and katydids. No clucking sounds from chipmunks, now hunkered down in […] English
Previous Columns by Lorraine V. Murray
Cradling the future in my arms
The least of these may be the greatest among us
The great biscotti test
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