Between 1995 and 1998, Neil Ellis Orts wrote a monthly article for the Echoes, the newsletter of First English Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas, where he was a member. Each month, he offered his church family a story, a meditation, or reflection--in 500 words or less. These pages includes all thirty-six of those pieces plus two not published in the Echoes. Author's royalties on this volume will be donated to Lutheran World relief. (www.lwr.org)