I am an addict. It’s hard to say that because it’s so easy to judge addicts. “Why can’t they get a grip on things?” “Why do they waste their lives like that?” A recent newspaper article featured my neighbor, Noel Stegner, whose grandson died of a heroin overdose in August. Now he and his family … [Read more…]
Can you find yourself in the Bible? I’ve been thinking about that today. Surely there is some Bible character that I am like more than some others. None of us would want to be Judas or Jezebel, but a Joshua or Jochebed would be desirable, to say the least. Remember Jochebed, the mother of Moses? … [Read more…]
Mary Onezima Ralph Bradley, my mother, was the quintessential hostess, graciously feeding groups from class reunions to business meetings to elderly illiterate cousins and lonely parolees. She didn’t just feed them, but incorporated their problems as her own. She was the Southern version of The Matchmaker, but she matched jobs to the jobless, income sources … [Read more…]
The news is full of the pros and cons of having a National Day of Prayer. And the disagreement is not necessarily between Christians and non-Christians. Some Christians agree that it does not separate “church and state” as they prefer. Some non-believers do not feel threatened by it and instead have a “let them do … [Read more…]
