Edward A. Hara is a blogger and writer.  His short story, BOBBY TORRINGTON BULLDOG, was published in St. Anthony Messenger and another story, SONG OF THE SAW-WHET OWL won first prize in the 81st Annual Writer's Digest Writing Contest. He is a recent convert to the belief that God's love is all-encompassing and redemptive beyond anything we can imagine in this world.  He lives  with his wife, Elizabeth, and their sweet but neurotic dog, Daisy, in Fairfax Virginia where he dreams of writing a best seller. He serves as cantor and sometimes altar server at St. Ann's UCC in Manassas Virginia