PLANT THE SEED ANYWAY
For writers, there is always a story—even a story about something as simple as planting a lemon seed. Since I enjoy taking a second look at simple things to see…
BALM IN GILEAD
INTRODUCTORY NOTE: One of our dear friends, an infectious disease specialist and frontline medical professional, has been leading a drug trial for the drug Remdesivir, which appears to be a…
Whose Load Are You Carrying?
News of the past few days—Hurricane Florence’s wrath bringing high winds and floodwaters to the East Coast, and then the pictures of those weary folks whose lives have been altered…
Color and Ingredients — Infinite Possibilities
Being married to an artist makes life . . . what shall I say? . . . Colorful. Splashes of paint are frequently found in places other than his canvas…
THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY
Writers are sometimes asked where we get the idea for a story. Sometimes those ideas come as “lightbulb” moments, and sometimes they just grow bit by bit inside us. Let…
Diving In and Hanging On
Summer has arrived in South Texas before the appointed June 21 summer solstice, and memories of last July compel me to hang on to the last of June’s cool mornings and…
Where there is despair . . . hope.
In the past few days when the headlines were horrific, when the silent voices of lifeless victims were screaming, when those, whose lives have been forever changed, were sobbing, I’ve…
WORTH LIVING
As a writer, I am a reader. I read an array of genres, fiction and nonfiction, and also a variety of writers. Almost everything I read becomes a tutorial –…
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS! YOUR LAST CHRISTMAS?
Advent is about waiting, and waiting comes with so much anticipation. But Christmas is that time when God rewards our waiting and our anticipation with THE VERY BEST GIFT—HIMSELF! He…
Perspective
SEPTEMBER PERSPECTIVE Can it really be September? I mean, really? July and the Dog Days of August are history, but it seems no one told my thermometer or the meteorologists…