I am not a leper. Nope. No leper here. Not a leper. I have never had the horrible disease that rots the flesh and makes your limbs decay and fall off. Where you are shunned by everyone and must live a life of solitude. But I remember 2020 and the quarantine life. Because … [Read more...]

Looking at two fathers My father had profound faith. My father had even been a pastor for a time. I often went to him for spiritual counsel, and his prayers for me and over me were powerful. A complex man, for most of my life, he rarely set foot in church. But I never had … [Read more...]

Jesus recognized evil when He encountered it. Have you ever sensed evil is present? I didn’t expect to encounter evil in the mall, but I did. Once, before my mom went to assisted living, she and I were at the mall, and we came to a bookstore.. Bookstores for my family are … [Read more...]

I am not the only daughter My parents had another daughter, so yes, I have a sister. Older by 18 months, she’s an attorney in Texas. And I don’t think there could be a greater contrast between two girls raised in the same home. Even as adults, we are very different: she … [Read more...]

Facing a Storm Sometimes one storm comes after another Haver you ever had a season in life where you faced one storm after another? Usually storm season in my Oklahoma is in the Spring. But for me, November/December of 2012 was by far the worst storm front I’ve ever faced. … [Read more...]