Charles Ringma, Regent professor emeritus, has kept a brisk writing discipline and his latest is With Your Latte: A Little Wisdom to Lighten Your Way. Here are a couple of his reflections from the book:

"When St. Francis, the rich romantic and swashbuckling mercenary, kissed the leper, he showed that a strange event can be the place of personal transformation."

 "The icicles of doubt, fear and disappointment can really numb the membranes of the heart, but living with gratitude and wonder keeps the heart tender."