Rituals

The first thing I do each morning is head for the coffee pot. Every morning, without fail, making coffee is the first order of the day. Then I read a Bible passage. Actually, the very first thing is a prayer of Thanksgiving to God that I am able to get out of bed and experience […]

My Grandmother’s New Testament

My Grandmother’s New Testament

My grandmother, Ma Latty, has been gone 55 years. Her New Testament is far older than that. And the words it contains are much, much older but they still endure. The  Old and New Testaments are like bedrock. People come and go but  bedrock endures. It is lasting. It never changes, and it is trustworthy […]