Category Faith is Alive and Well in America
A Grateful 4th of July
The 4th is especially meaningful to me this year because of the books I have been reading and listening to lately. I just finished a work of children’s fiction about Hungary during World War II (and grieved as I thought…
Finding Ways to Say Jesus
When Ray and I lived in Mississippi, Ray was a campus minister. He preached sermons only rarely. One Sunday he had the opportunity to preach at our local church. The next Sunday a preacher in another town needed someone to…
A Godly Man in Congress
Our U.S. Congressman came to town on Tuesday and met with local folks in the party room of our pizzeria. Ray and I were among the crowd of twenty-five or so who came out for the meet and greet. Newly-elected…
Reaching Out to Refugees
Ray and I meet many heroes and heroines at homeschool conventions. One of the heroines I met at the St. Louis convention last weekend encouraged me with stories of her family’s full-time ministry to Burmese refugees living in Kansas City.…
The “Polks” have a surprising afternoon.
Yesterday morning I asked the teacher of our ladies Bible class if I could have a few minutes to tell about Ray’s and my experience at the state capitol on Tuesday. I know from past classes that many of these…