I love the view from my comfortable “ole” recliner. I don’t even have to move my head to see the birdfeeder Phyllis’ dad built for us. I merely lift my eyes from my laptop computer and can enjoy an array of our feathered friends: bright red cardinals, gorgeous gold finches, brilliant vermillion flycatchers, tiny hummingbirds,…
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“We who were atheists until yesterday, now pray to God for peace” In these challenging times, can you say with the song writer, “It is well with my soul”? When hard times come, we instantly check to see if we can say, “It is well with my finances, my loved ones, my job, my…
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Joni Eareckson Tada was only 17 when she lost control of almost everything. She dove into shallow waters of the Chesapeake Bay, and her life was totally changed in seconds. The accident left her quadriplegic, paralyzed from her shoulders down. She lost her desire to live and almost committed suicide. For years, she suffered more…
DetailsThe seriousness of the Coronavirus is understandably raising some obvious questions. “Why? Why is God allowing such a terrible thing to happen? If God is so powerful and loving, why doesn’t He protect innocent children and adults from suffering and dying?” Anytime such horrible and uncontrollable tragedies strike, our desire for help with these…
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He turned twenty-one today, and I gave him a priceless family heirloom. Our grandson, Austin, is officially a man today, so I gave him one of my most valued possessions. I’ve been holding it for years just waiting for this special day. I say it’s priceless because it was my daddy’s Illinois 21-jewel, Bunn Special,…
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Something happened this week that made me stop and think. It happens every day to hundreds of others, but this time it felt very personal because it happened to a close friend of mine. He was on a volunteer project with some other men when he had a serious heart attack. His friends rushed him…
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Dad was a railroad man. When I was little, he was gone a lot. I loved my daddy. We were great buddies. We had secrets and did boy things together. I really missed Daddy when he went off to work on the railroad. But some of my most joyful memories are of Mama’s round little…
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Don’t you just hate answering important questions with, “I don’t know”? And when the questioner, who is desperatelyreaching out to you for help, is facing something painful or fearful, the lastthing they want to hear is “I don’t know.” “Why did God let our baby get cancer and die?” I remember that young couple who…
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We took our morning Texas Hill Country hike and spotted our favorite feathered friend, the Vermillion Flycatcher. The 4-inch little red fellow streaked across the sky so fast that I was surprised when I got this snapshot of him in flight. He looks so happy and so free darting around in the sky. For some…
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When I was in kindergarten, my attention span was shorter than most. At least that’s what Mama and Daddy said. But when my daddy wanted to get what he called “my undivided attention,” he knew just how to do it. He would walk right up to me, kneel down so we were face to face,…
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