A Letter to My Baby on His 18th Birthday
To sweet Sam, my gas mask wearing dalmatian baby, now a 6 foot 4 inch boy-man with the same mischievous grin, happy birthday! Eighteen years ago today you came into our world, fists clenched, red faced and hollering. The nurses took one look at all 9 pounds, 15 ounces...
What If the World Goes to Hell? A Semi-Comforting Message from Somewhere Near Mount Pisgah
I got lost in the woods Saturday. No, not in a good way in which I spin under the trees just for fun, as scarlet leaves fall around me and a stream gurgles and a chorus of birds and frogs and crickets sings me out of my troubles and into the arms of God. No. I got...
The Joy of International Relations (Or Just Getting Real) at Henry’s Smokehouse
It’s a good thing that this pig in a dress was wearing her tiara this week. It might not have been obvious to the plaster swine by the door or to the real live people sitting at stools, enjoying barbecue sandwiches and ribs and banana pudding, but something...
Stoking the Spitfire- What Girls (and Boys) Need Us to Do
What happens to little girls as they grow up? Or maybe I should ask what happened to me? The latest news of a candidate’s leaked video/misogyny-on-display figuratively strapped a headlamp on my head and sent me deep into the crevasses of the fifty-two years of...
A Master Class (in Life) with Victor Wooten
“Is this a joke?” said the twenty-something guy with the hipster glasses walking out of church a couple weeks ago. “Victor Wooten? THE VICTOR WOOTEN is coming here? To a CHURCH? To THIS CHURCH? It was true. Hmm, I thought, watching him chuckle and...
Check Out Becky’s Books
The Holy Éclair: Signs and Wonders from an Accidental Pilgrimage
French By Heart: An American Family’s Adventures in La Belle France
What’s a Nice God Like You Doing in a Place Like This? A COMPLETELY UNORTHODOX DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
