Thanks so much to all of you who responded to Monday’s post and expressed your concern and sympathy for our dear friends, Ferrell and Milllie Hardison, who just lost their 31-year old son. It really touched my heart that you would express such genuine compassion for a family you don’t even know. Steve and I attended Mitch’s funeral at The Bridge Church Monday night and…

Set out near the tobacco fields of rural eastern North Carolina, sat a traditional, old-fashioned church. It had a musty smell, creaky floors and a small congregation. No one really ever expected that it would ever grow into much of anything.…

Right around the time of my birthday, I got two cards in the mail.  One of them was from Nathan and Meagan. The other one was from Noah!…

So here’s the thing. I wandered unsuspectingly into our kitchen one recent morning and found that it was inexplicably inhabited by a mysterious cowgirl.…