A Secret Gift: My Favorite Book I Haven’t Read — Yet

A Secret Gift

A Secret Gift — this is going to be the next book I read. I heard the story on the radio the other day and haven’t stopped thinking about it since. In 1933, shortly before Christmas during the Depression, a newspaper ad ran in the local paper in the small town of Canton, Ohio. It [...]

Advent Prayer: Knocking for Opportunity

Advent prayer

This morning as my husband, Jim, and I got ready to leave for church, I put on my coat, scarf and gloves to stay warm in the 20-degree weather and single-digit windchill. I had to decide between brown gloves to go with my pants or black gloves to go with my coat; cloth or leather, [...]

Homeless by Choice?

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I’m not often or easily offended, but, as much as I love the techie site Gizmodo, this article kind of … infuriates me. I’m not sure if it’s possible to be kind of infuriated, but bear with me. The post, I’m Homeless and This Is Why I Have an iPad, depicts a man against a [...]

Cornerstone Prep Memphis E-newsletter

Cornerstone Prep Memphis enewsletter

Monthly e-newsletter for Cornerstone Preparatory School, a Memphis Christian school that serves the Binghampton area. The school opened this past August and provides an achievement-oriented, structured, disciplined learning environment beginning in kindergarten  

The Poor Through God’s Eyes

This book will change the way you think about the poor. Click to buy on Amazon (I don't get anything except satisfaction if you do)

Earlier this week, I volunteered at Manna House (more about Manna House here, here and here) as I often do. There is never a time that I leave there without some new insight, but on this day I left with a book in hand as well. The book, Radical Compassion, Finding Christ in the Heart [...]