Back in June, my husband and I had a rather spontaneous one-night retreat at Montgomery Bell State Park. I sat down and began to write this blog post the following week, but somehow got distracted while doing some of the research and didn’t get it up right away. And then, a couple of weeks after... Continue Reading →
I have written several blog posts now about Corrie Ten Boom. I just enjoy reading her works and reading about her life. I recently came across something that gave me a new perspective on a story that I thought I knew pretty well. I was reading through one of YouVersion’s devotional plans, “Life Lessons from... Continue Reading →
Happy 12 Days of Blogmas Day 7! Today’s holiday topic is not one filled with the cheer and merriment that most of us wish to focus on this time of year, but it’s none the less a part of the holidays. Dealing with grief during the holiday season. Grief, which can feel overwhelming any time... Continue Reading →
Happy 12 Days of Blogmas Day 6! Today’s story is one you are likely familiar with. It’s a well-documented and oft repeated historical event and I have read various accounts about it over the years. But I think the reason it’s a story that is repeated so frequently is because it is so remarkable. If... Continue Reading →
On Christmas Eve 1967, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a Christmas sermon at his home congregation of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. King had been asked by the Canadian Broadcasting Company to deliver a series of five lectures for their Massey Lecture Series and the sermon was broadcast as the... Continue Reading →
The only known photograph of Chief Seattle taken in 1864 Happy Earth Day! In celebration of the 51st annual Earth Day, I was considering posting the words to a speech that I came across at the Ozarks Natural History Museum while on a trip last month with my husband. In the last gallery of the... Continue Reading →
Carter G. Woodson, known as the “Father of Black History” was the son of slaves who became the second black man to earn a Ph.D from Harvard University. He was a noted author and historian. As Black History Month is coming to a close, I have been reading many stories of people that I have... Continue Reading →
Two years ago, I wrote a blog post entitled Stepping off the midnight train on New Year’s Day about Corrie Ten Boom’s release from the concentration camp Ravensbruck just in time to ring in New Year’s Day a free woman as her sister Betsie had foreseen. Backing up a few days before this new found freedom,... Continue Reading →
Last month I took a small road trip to check out another Tennessee State Park that I had never had the opportunity to visit before: Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park in Manchester, Tennessee. It was a dreary, rainy fall day, but it still made for a beautiful, refreshing hike in the rain through the... Continue Reading →
“I can’t imagine a man enjoying a book and only reading it once.”CS Lewis “It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”CS Lewis “Clearly, one must read every good book at least once every 10 years.”CS Lewis... Continue Reading →
Rachel F. Jean 