Broken Road, Brazen Blessings (by guest Deborah Malone)
Our little wooden house sat on a hill outside of the small north Georgia town. A big field was nearby where my two older brothers and I spent hours playing with the neighborhood kids. My mother stayed inside suffering from…
Back to Church
September is almost here bringing with it the telltale signs that school is back in session. Summer is over, the last BLT sandwich has been eaten, traffic is building, and the pools are about to close. For many parents, it…
A Sacrifice of Praise
“You are never too old and it is never too late.” Hmmm . . . I immediately began trying to think of an incident that might discount the bold proclamation. The message on the inside wrapper of the peanut butter…
The Sweetness of Friendship
I learned the song (below) as a child in Sunday School. We would all hold hands and sing it in a circle. At the time, it was just a fun song, but as I grew older, I could see the…
Building Your Faith
You know the old cliché: Be careful what you pray for because you might just get it! We all have testimonies to validate the truth of that, don’t we? One thing we fail to recognize, however, is that we only…
Blessings in Bloom (by guest Charlotte Brammer)
Beginning in May, I eagerly open my bedroom blinds, seeking that first daylily bloom. Soon the sweet yellow of the Stella D’Ora appears. Its boldness and perfect form interrupt the bed of greenery. The sturdy yellow blossoms dance in the…
TRUTH and “The Way”
The article in The Alabama Baptist newspaper conjured up a feeling of nostalgia. John Roger Breland would be transitioning in his role from music to fundraising at the University of Mobile in Alabama. I knew Dr. Breland’s name well. He…
The Lost Sheep
Statistics was not a course I had to take in college so I don’t have the disdain for statistics as some do. In fact I’m somewhat of a sucker for interesting statistics that illustrate a point. There are many crazy…
Blessings in South America
I love to travel. My sister Nancy and I recently returned from a once-in-a-lifetime trip in South America for which we dubbed our retirement trip. Nancy had always wanted to see the incredible mountainous Inca ruins of Machu Picchu and…
A Time To Live
I confess in the very first sentence of this blog that I hesitated to write on the topic of time. We’ve all heard cancer survivors say how precious time becomes to them after being diagnosed with cancer. As a survivor,…
