Thoughts on Faith, Books, and Gardens
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... Continue Reading →
On Easter weekend, fifty-five years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sat in a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama and penned a letter that continues to hold significance culturally, socially, and spiritually. While in jail, Dr. King had been handed a newspaper that contained a letter from white Alabaman clergymen making an argument that although... Continue Reading →
Rachel F. Jean 