Lent 2021

The Covid pandemic, racial tension, and political division provide us much to reflect on during this Lent season. For many of us, this may feel like a dry place as […] Continue Reading→

Even before “COVID-19” and “global pandemic” became part of our everyday conversation, my family’s 2020 was disrupted. In January, my 12-year-old son broke both bones in his right arm while […] Continue Reading→

Reading Isaiah 58:11 reminds me of the nursery rhyme:Mary, Mary, quite contrary,How does your garden grow?With silverbells and cockle shellsAll in a row. I grew up in rural Maxton, North […] Continue Reading→

In January of 2015, I slipped on black ice and broke the tibia and fibula in my right leg. Apparently, my tibia had been shattered, and I required a lot […] Continue Reading→

Since I was a little girl, I’ve never been able to keep a plant alive, let alone a garden! A couple of years ago, my daughter brought a gift to […] Continue Reading→

Summers in Franklin County, North Carolina, were hot and dry. The hotter the weather, the more parched the land.  The sweltering heat covered us like a heavy wool blanket in August, smothering us,   changing […] Continue Reading→

Before today’s reading was ours to ponder, it was offered to a people who had watched their nation be ripped apart; first from within, and then oppressed from without. “One […] Continue Reading→

For the last 5 years, I have lived close enough to walk to the ocean in about 5 minutes. When you step outside, the air smells salty and kind of […] Continue Reading→

My mind takes me back to the winter of 2004. My husband, Eric Todd, was preparing to retire out of the North Carolina Army National Guard after 30 years of […] Continue Reading→