For the last few years, I have enjoyed serving on the board of the Timothy Demonbreun Heritage Society (TDHS), which exists to educate people about our ancestor Timothy Demonbreun (1747-1826). Timothy was christened Jacques Timothe Boucher sieur de Montbreun at…
Ecclesiastes teaches us that “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven.” For Ray and me, it’s time for us to ask another favor from all of you. After consultations with…
John Richard is a wise man in his 80s. When he speaks, I know that I need to pay attention. He began last night’s devotional talk with these words: “Today is my mother’s birthday.” Then he told us that his…
Another song that our son John sang and played for us on New Year’s Day was “O Sing a Song of Bethlehem,” written by Louis F. Benson in 1889. I enjoy reading the words of poems and hymns from long…
Ray and I had a wonderful experience yesterday when we attended Cookeville, Tennessee’s 38th Annual Thanksgiving Singing. It was pure joy to join our voices with 989 others, singing songs of praise, comfort, hope, and gratitude. Singings have a long…
This time last year Ray and I were at the American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge in Nashville while he was having radiation therapy. I had decided to take our fall quilt with us to make things cheery, . . .…
