Tag: books
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When Love Takes the Risk
“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”—John 15:13 When I read about Clara Louise Maass, I am reminded of the Martyrs of Memphis and many others who entered places of suffering and disease to help people in need. They did not all take the same road, and…
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A Teacher Opens a Door
The Curious Pilgrim — American SaintsSeptember 14, 2026 Lucy Craft LaneyApril 14, 1854 – December 23, 1933 Source: A Year with American Saints, G. Scott Cady and Christopher L. Webber, Church Publishing, 2006 I will never forget something that happened when I was about five years old. Minnie Wally patted me on the head and…
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How Do the Arts Shape Our Souls?
Monday, August 10, 2026 Series: Arts That Shape Our Souls Followers of Jesus are sometimes guilty of separating everything into categories. We like things neat and tidy. We want a place for everything and everything in its place. I do this. How about you? When I catch myself doing it, I sometimes think about Peter.…
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Some Places Become Holy Simply Because We Lived There
We all feel disconnected at times. I never met my maternal or paternal grandparents. They had all died before I was born, so I grew up knowing very little about my family’s story. In the 1990s, my oldest sister, Sue, and I began researching our genealogy. The deeper we dug, the more I discovered that…
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We All Stand on the Shoulders of Someone Who Believed in Us
There are some writing prompts that are difficult because there are simply too many people to choose from. “We all stand on the shoulders of someone who believed in us” is one of those. After Hurricane Katrina devastated Mississippi in 2005, I helped lead a nonprofit organization that coordinated recovery efforts. It was meaningful work,…
