THE BENSEL CROSS    
 By Irene Baron August 2021

Mitch Bensel, made a wooden cross for me from driftwood washed upon the banks of the Ohio River below the Ohio falls. His crosses are like no others, not only because of the unique exterior, but also for what they contain inside. 

My cross is twelve inches high. Some buyers order much larger ones. The wonder of all the Bensel Crosses is that many prayers are said over each cross as they are being constructed.

Prayers and blessings in the cross are for healing…

 ANGELIC INTERVENTION      
By Irene Baron  www.irenebaron.com 

The most memorable angelic intervention I encountered happened when I was fourteen years old. I have told less than ten persons about that event until now.

Telling of heavenly intervention can be intimidating. You can never be sure how others will react. People experiencing something unexpected often laugh. Laughter can also be interpreted as derision of disbelief. To open to others what happened gives them the opportunity to mock. I have tried…

 Large Mural Completed      
  www.irenebaron.com

The mural of the Holy family is finished and hanging in front of the sanctuary at Coburn UM Church in Zanesville, Ohio. Tours can be arranged by calling the church  740-454-0186.

. The creation, drawing and painting of the mural took many hours and days during 2017. Many sketches were made and discarded. The final one was enlarged to fit the 12"-square grids on the canvas. The grid was placed with lightly applied, graphite lines over the canvas. The grid…