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May 2014

May 30, 2014

A Soul Void

Let’s get something clear, okay? Hatred is not a mental illness. It is a soul...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

My Granny’s Hands

I dreamed of my grandmother’s hands. It was an odd dream since Granny Leona has...

March 2014

March 21, 2014

Fred Phelps: Life of Fear

I'm not proud of it but there have been people I have hated in my...

January 2014

January 26, 2014

Evangelical Hocus-Pocus

I was slain in the spirit once. Splayed out. Laid flat. Old-fashioned revival time...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Resolutions of a Misremembered Life

She bought the buffet from a man who lived in that same prison town...

December 19, 2013

A World without God

We hear it all the time. How we've moved into a post-Christian era. A time...

November 2013

November 21, 2013

Book Giveaway: The Prayer Box

Speaking of coming across the prayers of the dead, have you read Lisa Wingate's latest...

November 17, 2013

Flannery’s Prayers Made Public

Somewhere in my office, or perhaps in the garage, are the journals I kept...

November 06, 2013

Hobbling Faith

I took an ailing veteran to the VA Center in Boise, Idaho this week. He's...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

Where Worship Rises to Blue Rafters

The strings begin. The trumpets, clarinets and French horn chime in. One by one various instruments...

September 15, 2013

Confucius is wrong. Leave your heart behind.

Years ago when I was moving thousands of miles away from my home and everyone...

September 14, 2013

Pedicures and Pumpkin Lattes

Did you know, that at $4.75, seven Pumpkin Spice Lattes cost you about $35. Maybe...

September 12, 2013

Speaking Love through Soccer Balls and Bear Hugs

Miz Shelby is guest blogging from Guatemala with World Vision. My stomach was in knots....

September 11, 2013

Guide Mother

Miz Shelby guest blogging from Guatemala. Over half a dozen children sit quietly...

September 10, 2013

A Ministry Born of Pain

It's Miz Shelby here again. I'm guest posting today from Guatemala City, where I'm...

August 2013

August 31, 2013

Are You Jealous?

The writer sitting next to me at dinner wanted to know -- was it going...

August 22, 2013

The Believer’s Serenity Prayer

God grant me this thing I ask Help me to change the things...

July 2013

July 18, 2013

Faith-colored glasses

We were invited to attend a concert in the village up the road a'piece. Every...

July 09, 2013

Surrounded by the Honorable

Tim and I have been in New England for the past several days, visiting our...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

Notes from Mama’s Bible

She wrote all sorts of notes in her bible, my mother did. Not just favorite...

May 2013

May 22, 2013

In the Hood with Billy Coffey

A lot of people talk about the art of writing. Some of the people who...

May 07, 2013

Not a story of miracles

By now you've heard the news that Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight have...

April 2013

April 07, 2013

A Resurrection Wedding

The pastor called it. "A resurrection wedding," she said. Her remark wasn't solely a...

April 05, 2013

Roger Ebert: I will be dead. What happens then?

Before his passing Roger Ebert wrote a lovely goodbye essay, I do not fear death, that...

April 01, 2013

I believe in Jesus BUT…

What if I told you I believe in Jesus BUT I don't believe in...

March 2013

March 22, 2013

On Juxtapositions

Barry Hannah used to say it was the glaring juxtapositions of the South that...

March 20, 2013

Miracles anyone?

Editor's Note: Konnie is home from Sierra Leone. She'll be sharing some stories with us...

February 2013

February 03, 2013

We’d All Be Lunatics

Writing, for me, is a form of praying. I often think of John 1:1: In the...

November 2012

November 07, 2012

Expecting a Political Messiah

She sat in the pastor's office, a blubbering heap. I just don't know what...

September 2012

September 12, 2012

Death’s Long-Shadow

Irony is the long-shadow of death. It is early morning yet. I have just administered...

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