Well, after several false starts, which came after several moments of indecision about whether to try and revive this here blog, it’s on.  I got caught up in a lot of things I didn’t need to get caught up in re: blogging.  I got way too concerned with numbers and hits and comments.  I don’t [...]

Yesterday at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, they held the first of two memorial services for Retia Dukes.  Her son Jason posted on his blog the video that opened that service.  I made it to the 2:57 mark when the single word “miracle” appeared on screen…
Dr. Dukes was a great help to me during my [...]

Here is a link to Jason Dukes’ blog post about his mom, Retia, who passed away Monday afternoon after a brave and hard fought battle in her recovery from injuries suffered when she was run over by an SUV on April 4.  He holds nothing back, and in the end he knows that God holds [...]

We just started our 2nd week of a 3 week vacation.  About 2 days into the first week, I was bored out of my mind.  We were originally scheduled to start our time off on June 17, but before we even knew what happened, all of the kids we had in the cottage got placements, [...]

A very close friend of Shelley’s recently had a double mastectomy… this is a repost from Shelley’s blog.

Pray more. Pray harder.
Kristina is recovering from her double mastectomy; and has now been told that it IS in fact in her lymph nodes. She is back at UAMS now. Please pray hard, and diligently. Please [...]