Mustard gas. Muddy trenches. No Man’s Land. In 1914, Britain, France, and Russia united to stop the greedy German kaiser. Surely, they’d have him running for home, his tail between his legs by Christmas. But Christmas found both armies weary, wet, and cold....
Advent. The season of expectations. When I was a little girl, the traditions of Advent filled me with all the emotions the season represents—Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. Waiting for Messiah, God with us. On the first Sunday of Advent, my mother would light one candle...
My neighbor makes a habit of discovering special devotional books to study during the Lenten and Advent seasons on the Church calendar. This year, I’ll be giving her a fresh-off-the-press little gem, The Scandal of Christmas, by Dr. William B. Coker, Sr. Four chapters...
When we found our current church family twenty-five years ago, I had just sent my first child off to college. All of you moms out there who have reached this milestone understand how fragile I felt. Excited for him. Satisfied that he was ready to fly from the nest....
How does my sister feel when she’s left out of conversations in the hearing world? Lost? Angry? Resigned?
How does my sister feel when she’s left out of conversations in the hearing world? Lost? Angry? Resigned?She agreed to an interview.
Our fourteen-hour trip from Florida to Indiana had expanded to almost eighteen hours. Despite an overnight break at a hotel, the drive through Georgia with its clogged highways, road work, and multiple fender-benders had exhausted us. But we’d persevered. Once the...
At the not-yet-ripe age of seven, I was vaguely aware of the civil rights tensions in our nation. My parents never discussed the news in front of three small children, so information from the world outside our home drifted across my vision through the daily paper or...
After a series of bad choices rocked his world, seventeen-year-old Preston charts a new course as far from his ladies’ man ways as he can get. He distances himself from the dating scene and avoids his party-loving friends—the things that once dominated his life. Then...
While I love the Advent season and lighting candles leading up to the birth of Jesus and celebrating that Birth with family, I also love the Lenten season leading up to the Resurrection of Jesus in a much different way. Advent is the season of expectation. It’s...
When the Berlin Wall fell in in 1989, the free world cheered. Can you understand why?
Cynthia Toney was one of the first of my writer friends to be published. Her historical novel for tweens and teens is a favorite read. Synopsis In a southern U.S. farming community in 1925, thirteen-year-old Salvatore and his Italian immigrant father become involved...
The Value of a Buck My parents made sure I learned the value of a buck and how to earn one before I entered nursery school. "No, Linda. We only need milk, bread, and eggs today. We don't have enough money for a candy bar." "Thank you for putting your toys away and I...
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