Posted August 20, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Her grandfather was quite the artist. He did mostly religious paintings. A favorite piece depicting the Lord’s Supper, hung above his bed.
PHILADELPHIA – MAY 17: Father Gregory Fairbanks, a professor at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, speaks to the media next to a picture of “The Last Supper” […]
Posted August 13, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She and their baby son had gone to stay with her parents, to give her husband some time to sort things out.
Her friend was out for a bike ride and came upon a larger-than-life chalk message on the newly blacktopped road.
The message was, “Hey! Everything will be okay. Love […]
Posted August 6, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
One of the most difficult tasks of their lives lay ahead of them: selecting a headstone for their infant baby daughter.
Browsing the website, hoping that looking before they went would help her get through it, a black slant-cut heart-shaped stone caught her attention. She did not mention this to her husband, […]
Posted July 16, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
He was walking on the local pier with some friends.
St. Joseph North Pier Lights in St. Joseph Michigan 707855
Several guys, slightly older than he and his friends, jumped off the pier into the water. One started going down! Others were calling out that they could not swim.
His […]
Posted July 9, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She purposely avoided engaging with the man entering the church just as she was leaving. She had never seen him before, and she was in a hurry to meet someone.
She pushed on the door. It did not budge.
Assuming that the right side door was locked already, her thought was to […]
Posted July 2, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Following his transition, a young man’s mother was feeling very bereft. When she went into a convenience store one day, to buy a cola, she numbly slid the cooler door open.
Reaching in, there on the shelf of the cooler, staring right out at her, was a bottle with her son’s first […]
Posted May 28, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
He was writing a column about birds sneaking treats without getting caught. The column jogged thoughts he admitted to a friend. When his neighbor, who is an excellent cook, bakes a scrumptious cake, or delicious cookies, he would often entertain thoughts of surreptitiously sneaking into her kitchen and sampling some, without getting caught. […]
Posted May 21, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She was walking their dog on the usual path. There were always grasshoppers jumping out of the way on the sidewalk.
Her husband had died. This particular day was the second anniversary of her husband’s transition, and she was walking and crying and wishing for the simple pleasure of holding his hand.
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Posted May 14, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
One summer, she was working on a window washing crew. The crew was doing a house above the lake where the owner had passed away.
Late in the afternoon, she created an intention to be a channel for this gentleman if he cared to communicate. She received a very clear message: “Mind […]
Posted May 7, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
A friend’s obituary showed up in my inbox at work. I process obits.
My friend was 97. She had given me a Tupperware container before she moved away four years earlier.
My lunch salad was in that container. The previous day I noticed the lid had cracked….
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