By Bob Russell A young minister accepted the call to a small country church. Shortly after he arrived, the church’s youth minister announced that his wife was expecting a baby in two months. The couple had been married for just four months. The women of the church planned a baby shower and everyone rejoiced with […]
By Kelly Carr Some denominations and liturgical churches call this Holy Week. Deliberating on that, the word holy has been saturating my spirit and giving me pause. A Word with New Meaning As one who grew up going to church, holy was a word I heard often. There was talk of the Holy Spirit—a mysterious […]
By Kelly Carr I’m all about a good story. My favorite books are fictional with relatable plots or based-on-a-true-story tales or enticing memoirs. When a fascinating story really happened, that makes it all the more intriguing. The problem occurs when an interesting story about someone tiptoes across the line over to gossip. And the workplace […]
By Kelly Carr Dolly Parton lamented working “9 to 5,” and Lee Dorsey crooned the plight of “Working in the Coal Mine.” Bob Dylan refused to work on “Maggie’s Farm” anymore and Donna Summer sang of her friend, “She Works Hard for the Money.” Bachman-Turner Overdrive simply found a way to escape hard work altogether by […]
By Kelly Carr In our final installment of the family series, we look at caring for aging parents. What does life look like when roles have reversed—when the children become the caretakers of parents? What will happen or should happen when illness must be faced and end-of-life decisions must be made? How does one face […]
