Lorraine V. Murray News & Columns
Lorraine Murray is a parishioner at St. Thomas More Church in Decatur.
Lorraine V. Murray
“Confessions of an ex-party animal”
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For many Halloweens when I was a kid, I was decked out in a no-nonsense, inexpensive outfit consisting of a white sheet with holes cut out for eyes. When I begged for something more exciting, like a store-bought get-up, my mother reminded me she wasn’t made of money.
Previous Columns by Lorraine V. Murray
Joy and suffering at the kids’ table
A Renaissance man in heaven
Seeking the light of Christ in the nursing home
My grandmother’s enduring love for family
Help, I’m lost in a techno nightmare!
Giving Adam and Eve my two cents
Love always demands self-sacrifice
‘Ask the animals and they will teach you’
The eternal voyage of ‘The Sea Moose’
The mystery of love through a child’s eyes
Meeting Jesus in the garden
Walking through the fire of grief
In the magical land called maybe
Silent lambs, valiant martyrs and heartfelt prayers during Lent
Checking our hearts on Ash Wednesday
A reluctant pilgrim at Lourdes
The bear we have to cross
Small steps toward spiritual sanity in 2019
Revealing our true hearts to God at Christmas