It was a Sunday near Martin Luther King Jr. day, my senior year of college, and I was visiting a church I had never attended before with two of my roommates. Near the close of the service, we sang a stirring and unfamiliar song. At the bottom of the music, I read, “African-American National Anthem.” […]
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RainSong
In a recent discussion on the American Christian Fiction Writers email loop, various writers shared how music intertwined with their writing. Some listen for inspiration but must write to silence, while others have certain music for different stories that helps them get into the setting and characters as they write. I am rather a mixture […]
The Fullness of the Earth
On New Year’s Eve, my family went to the zoo. We saw the new elephant exhibit and watched a keeper feeding the tusked giant treats of carrots and squash. We stood at the tigers’ fence until the napping twin cubs, like giant striped kittens, woke up to play with their heavy-pawed mama. We saw a […]
To Kill a Mockingbird
I sat in an Alabama courtroom Saturday night…in 1935. I watched a young black husband and father falsely accused of rape by a young white woman and her father. I watched as an unassuming lawyer courageously fought for the truth, so obvious but for the fog of prejudice. I watched with the lawyer’s children, Scout […]
Courageous
My family and went to see the movie Courageous in the theater this past Saturday. I don’t know when I’ve laughed and cried so hard during a movie. We’ve enjoyed all the movies made by Sherwood Baptist Church in Georgia—Flywheel, Facing the Giants, and Fireproof—but I think Courageous was their best one so far. The […]
Thoughts on Columbus Day
I don’t know quite what to think of Columbus Day anymore. Not that I’ve ever exactly celebrated it. The closest to even acknowledging the day—other than it being a government holiday—that I can remember is through the Cupie Doll paper dolls I had somewhere around first grade. The little boy and girl figures had coordinated […]