Once children reach adulthood it’s important for parents to let go and trust God. It’s a difficult but necessary skill I recently had the opportunity to put into practice. My daughter and her husband bought
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My, how church has changed since the days of my childhood. It’s true church has changed, but God never changes. I often drive by the Southern Baptist church where I grew up and am reminded
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Life never stops . . . the busyness of life, that is. Is busyness a good thing or a bad thing? When I retired from teaching, I thought I would have oodles of time on
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“Your perception of me is often a reflection of you” (anonymous) Our perception of others is unalterably tied to our own past experiences and sometimes, our own biases. I recently learned this lesson in a
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“BB, you know the people who have died and are already in heaven? Can they see us here on earth and can they answer our prayers?” The question came from my seven-year-old granddaughter during a
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252,756,000 miles—that’s how far from earth the Artemis 2 crew traveled from our big blue planet, Earth. Astonishing! It was an amazing feat, no doubt. But those of us who were alive in the 1960’s
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When I peer into the sweet face of my 8-year-old grandson, I see our family’s big, brown, almond-shaped eyes. I see the brown hair that’s so prevalent in our family tree. My grandson’s physical appearance
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“Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up unto salvation—if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” 1 Peter 2:2-3 (ESV) Reading the Bible helps
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This New Year has me thinking about new beginnings. Do you ever wish you could have a new beginning—a do over? I sometimes wish I could go back to when I was 17 (knowing what
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Oh, the joy of a new baby in the family. Tiny feet and fingernails. Fine wisps of soft hair. Sweet baby dreams accompanied by fleeting smiles and smirks—what thoughts and visions could possibly fill their
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