“Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits” (Mark 6:7). Thirteen hours of labor. That’s how long it took to birth another baby yesterday. Before anyone wonders if, because of my age, I…
After this political campaign I know now, more than ever, that I could never run for political office. I fear the opposition would go back to my college days and unearth some things I said or did that would not be politically correct. There was a lot of that, and I would not be a…
“We need to leave at seven a.m. for the airport,” my husband said. I thought that might be pushing it a little for a 9:00 a.m. flight but I was ready to go at seven. Great! Smooth sailing for the first half of our journey, but then traffic came to an abrupt stop. We found…
A few years ago an acquaintance shared that she and her family attended a mega- church about twenty-five minutes away. I thought, Why would they drive that far? It seemed ludicrous when there were congregations to attend closer to home. Today we are members of that church. When I think of this story, I realize…
“He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you? But to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8). Back when I was an intern at a television station, I remember when Dan Rather was named anchor of the CBS Evening…