I’m not a critic but decided this morning I would put my two cents out there. I’m going to tell you what I think about Dwight Yoakam covering Purple Rain. What, you say. That’s what I said. Dwight Yoakam released a new album on Friday and a cover of Purple Rain is on that album. … [Read more…]
A.W. Tozer wrote “It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.” When I heard that I thought, that’s not right. God would not hurt us. Intentionally, he would not cause us any pain. He loves us too much. I just can’t fathom God doing that. But this … [Read more…]
I love a drive-in. Even just bringing it up makes me smile. Drive-ins are such a part of our heritage. And like a lot of things in our country, drive-ins are becoming a thing of the past. The first time I went to a drive-in was when I was about 6 or 7. I may … [Read more…]
The readings this weekend at Mass had to do with the story of the Prodigal Son. But Fr. Darrell’s take on the reading was more like the prodigal father. And when he was talking this way he implied that the father in the story was the same as our Father in heaven. That made me … [Read more…]
I was out of town a little while over the last few weeks. I left my husband and son at home, alone. It’s always scary to come home to just the two of them in the house. They are cut from the same cloth so no telling what you will find, where. One of the first things … [Read more…]
I wanted to write this awhile ago but life got in my way. But I think that writing it now is more pertinent than it would have been a few weeks ago. My baby went away to college. She left me. And just because she’s not the first one to go away to college and … [Read more…]