“When the plot line for ‘Heaven on the Loose’ first introduced itself about five years ago, I thought it was a funny notion,” muses Idyllwild resident Ken Luber, who adds, “Living and being barraged by ‘our global reality’ challenges hopefulness.” “In our story, God expresses as two energies: the Almighty Creator, aka Izzy, and His Holy…

The partnership between humanitarians Karla Leopold, art therapist, and Sister Judith Brun, founder of Neighbor’s Keeper, a nonprofit group in Baton Route, Louisiana, has been years in the making. First meeting as child well-being responders after Hurricane Katrina’s devastating impact on New Orleans, they quickly bonded in service of softening the impact on families. Soon…