The typing of this blog coincided with fall weaning in the Sandhills. I’m in a reflective state as I sit by our picture window and…
View More Spiritual Weaning: Lessons in DiscipleshipThe Early and the Late Rains
James 5:7-8, “Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being…
View More The Early and the Late RainsHow Young is Too Young?
“Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity,” 1…
View More How Young is Too Young?On Being a Church Lady
In a culture that demands formal teaching – from college degrees to seminar certificates – we often lose sight of the opportunities for informal teaching.…
View More On Being a Church LadyDiscipleship Over the Long Haul
I don’t know much about long haul truckers, but over the years people in our congregations have had this occupation, so I can imagine a…
View More Discipleship Over the Long HaulBut God…
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26 Sometimes I feel like…
View More But God…Baptismals & Baked Potatoes
We came to Mitchell Berean when I was seven years old. The parsonage was one block south in the same limestone brick style as the…
View More Baptismals & Baked PotatoesCrooked Sticks and Straight Lines
God uses crooked sticks to draw straight lines. My childhood pastor used this phrase often. I find great comfort in the thought that God will…
View More Crooked Sticks and Straight LinesPruning the Dead Branches
At a plant sale many years ago, I bought a stick for $2.00. The little tag on it said that it was a redbud tree.…
View More Pruning the Dead BranchesGrowing up P.K.
“Now, don’t go telling this at school!” I used to get annoyed when I heard this reminder growing up as a preacher’s kid. Occasionally I…
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