Meet Barbara: “The Price We Pay”
How can you like someone you’ve never met? Barbara Bice and I met through a very dear mutual friend. We have emailed back and forth and feel like we know each other. I feel a face-to-face encounter happening very soon. Her book, Just Right, hooked me with the very first paragraph and I didn’t put it down […]
Be of Some Use
It’s 98 degrees. Droplets of sweat join hands to waterslide down your back. You’re sure you can hear them screaming, “Weeeeee!” from your neckline all the way to your waistband. Oh, what you wouldn’t give for just half a bottle of water straight from the fridge. Just a few months ago it was a frigid […]
Hannah, Save a Place for Me
What could God be up to when He allows a life to be dramatically torn into two distinct pieces? For Hannah Mayfield, my cousin’s daughter, the first 16 years were fairly typical for a young, energetic, Christian girl. Family. Friends. School. Sports. Each one interwoven with a passionate love for Jesus. Then, with the suddenness […]
Need a Joy Booster?
The first thing my mom remembers seeing on her family’s first television set was a black and white Godchaux Sugar commercial. (Wouldn’t you just know it was a commercial?) However, the earliest TV milestone I remember formed when we plugged in our brand new color TV just in time to see a fluttering Tinker Bell […]
A Brick and Mortar Church
We exchanged 95-degree-Alabama-so-thick-you-could-twirl-it-around-a-paper-cone air for the cool blustery winds of California. It’s a business trip for Ron, but I’ll take that trade. Like the other jillion tourists in San Francisco we boarded a double-decker bus to get a quick tour of the city and soon discovered a place called The Cannery. Built from salvaged, reclaimed […]
Too Busy for Good Intentions?
Years ago, I somehow fell into the role of Children’s Ministry Co-ordinator. It just kind of happened – for 10 years. As more and more activities became “mine” I soon got in way over my head. Had it not been for Mark Hawk, the youth minister at the time, I would have drowned in a […]
When Life’s a Frenzy
Sometime Sunday night our farm morphed into a kamikaze training camp for Casanova June bugs. Yesterday, those shiny, green, flying pellets pelted my car as I innocently drove through the gate. I just wanted a morning walk; they wanted me out of the way as they searched for a date. I began dodging the reckless […]
Auburn, Grant, and DAR
Back in the 1978 Auburn University was on the quarter system. As the summer heat withered leaves to a crisp, fall quarter wasn’t the only thing about to bloom. I had been invited to an open house at the church’s Student Center where there was free food and a chance to meet some new people. […]
I’m Ready to Roar! How About You?
My greatest blessings spring from the legacy of faith handed down to me from generations past. This past Sunday, generations of the Roberts clan reunited to share in heartfelt worship, Holy Communion, fellowship, and a wonderful meal. What a great day! My Pawpaw, Hoyt Roberts, went to be with the Lord in 1997, but he […]
Those Three Pesky Little Words
Being asked to travel twenty miles to Lowe’s Home Improvement store for the second time on Saturday didn’t bother me one bit. On the other hand, I seemed to get under the skin of a lady waiting to exit the parking lot. Just after making the left turn at the red light I noticed a […]
Recharging with Tunes and Stories
Summer Special Announcement! With every purchase of Everyday Heroes get a free copy of Temple Sweepers!! Now through August. Click on the ‘Store’ tab on the Perfection Road homepage to place your order. How long does your phone stay charged? My husband’s seems to have a never-ending supply of juice to keep his going while mine, […]
Grace Over Coffee
Each lady in the diverse trio leaned in toward the center of a round table in a small coffee shop. Three levels of faith. Three different churches. Same Jesus. Even the casual observer could sense they had lost all awareness of time and place; so much so, that the lack of laughter and frivolity usually […]
Keep Your Seat
Last week’s blog video on grace must have presented a royal case of the heebie-jeebies to Satan. Not only did I experience unprecedented technical difficulties in getting it posted, but the raw footage I shot also vividly reminded me of the verse in 1 Peter 5:8 that says, “Stay alert! Watch out for your great […]
#6: From My Heart to Yours
Wow! Satan must not want you to see today’s post! I’ve gone around the world and back again to get the kinks worked out of what should have been a routine video share. If he’s not wanting you to see this, then maybe you should be as stubborn as me and watch it!! (Email viewers […]
#5: Hiding in a Pile of Baggage
Part 5 of “Resurrecting Jesus in the Church” (Email viewers please click here.)
