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…
Precious readers, With deepest sorrow and with sure hope, I must share very difficult news with you. Out of respect for the privacy of our precious daughter Bethany, I have not shared publicly until now that she was diagnosed with…
For many women, the first time we experience joy and pain all wrapped up together is when we give birth to our first child. Jesus understands that. He said: Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her…
Early one morning two millennia ago, women went to a tomb in Israel to show their love to Jesus Christ. To their amazement, an angel told them that their beloved friend and teacher was no longer there but had risen…
In 1972 I had a once in a lifetime opportunity. During June 1972, I served as an intern in the office of U.S. Representative Joe L. Evins, a congressman from Tennessee. At the time, I was a student at Cumberland…
