Meet Carol: A Time to Cast
Thank you for continuing to pray for our little grandson Benjamin. He is doing remarkably well, and according to Jennifer, the nurses are smitten with that sweet little smile that cause his eyes to disappear into his cheeks. We will finally get our hands on him (and Jennifer!) in Baltimore at the end of the […]
Meet Kelly: “Why Do Good People Die?”
It doesn’t take long to identify good people. They have a softness about them that immediately throws a lasso around your heart gently pulling you near. Although I taught Kelly Smith’s younger brother, I didn’t get to know Kelly until we purchased the farm right across the street from where she lived with her husband […]
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. […]
