“Can we go in there?” Emersyn asked, pointing to the church sanctuary. “Of course you can,” I answered, grasping her by her four-year-old hand and leading her in. Her eight-year-old brother, Eli, marched on ahead of us into the sanctuary. It was the dead of winter, and they hadn’t been in the church since Covid …
Our two Schnauzers woke us early on Easter morning. I rolled over in bed, hoping those pesky canines would quit barking, but no, they were relentless and, for some reason, anxious to get outside. So, there Lori and I were: standing with our two dogs in the backyard at 5ish o’clock in the morning. A …
For conversation starters at gatherings, I much prefer “What brings you here?” over “Tell me about yourself.” For one thing, I prefer someone asking me a question rather than giving me a command, even if the person doesn’t intend to be intimidating. The thought of it takes me back: I’m sitting in a graduate seminar …
It’s been almost twenty years since it happened, and I still chuckle when I think of it. We had lived in Lebanon, KY., only a couple of years when some of our friends invited us to the Easter pageant at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Ky. We traveled in separate cars, but we ate together …
As I drove into the parking lot, I saw two travel buses, the sleek kind, black with silver trim and tinted windows reflecting the glimmering sun peeking through the clouds. I was happy to find a parking space adjacent to the building where I was to teach my class at Campbellsville University. I gazed at …