In Celebration of Honorable Men
The Reverend Billy Graham Today, the world celebrates the 95th birthday of the Reverend Billy Graham. He will be honored at a party attended by an estimated 800 guests in his home town of Asheville,...
View ArticleRemembering “One Man’s Work” Part 2
In mid-December, my Dad. Robert Harris Wilson, will celebrate his 85th birthday. A couple of years ago, I began writing down dad’s stories about growing up in a small town during The Great Depression,...
View ArticleServing His Country: “One Man’s Work” Part 5
As a little girl, I loved looking at Dad’s military scrapbook — I still do today. The book is all black, with descriptions, notes and sketches of airplanes and soldiers created in white ink. The black...
View ArticleScouting, Mail Delivery and Family: “One Man’s Work” Park 6
85 years ago this week, Ruby and Lorne Wilson anxiously awaited the birth of their second child, a son. Robert Harris Wilson would grow up to be a boy scout, a soldier, a postman…..and my Dad. This...
View ArticleAm I a Writer?
Join me today with others writing here at Lisa-Jo Baker’s blog “Five Minute Friday”. Our prompt for today is “Writer.” Planning my wardrobe for next week’s Festival of Faith and Writing in Grand...
View ArticleA Walk Among the Dead on Resurrection Sunday
It was not what I expected to do on an Easter Sunday evening. We had worshiped, feasted and rested. Our hearts and bellies were full with celebration of Christ’s resurrection. Who knew as the sun was...
View ArticleSaints Among Us: Of Grandmothers, Nuns and Pea Soup
Joining us here for today’s reflection is my friend, Shanda Blue Easterday. Shanda is a professor of composition and British literature and is a poet. Her latest work, “The Beekeeper’s Wife”, is...
View ArticleSaints Among Us: The Blessing of Emi
I’m welcoming my friend and fellow writer DeVonna Allison today as she shares this beautiful story about a woman who had a lasting impact on her life. DeVonna is a freelance writer whose work has been...
View ArticleRemembering “A Girl of the Limberlost”
Gene Stratton Porter A late-summer afternoon custom-made for an outdoor birthday party drew me to the nearby home of Hoosier author and naturalist Gene Stratton Porter. Mrs. Porter would have been 151...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....