by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 27, 2011 | Friendship
I am embarrassed to admit this. All my life, I’ve gotten the story of the prodigal son wrong. And do you know why? Because I didn’t know the actual meaning of one little word. One adjective. The Prodigal Son is famous in Christian history for pulling a...
by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 18, 2011 | family
I’ve never been a football fan. In fact, I understand very little about the game. But Saturday night I sat for two hours in the rain to watch a fifth-grader on the field. I cheered like a crazy woman when he caught the football. And I was ridiculously happy when...
by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 14, 2011 | The Bible
You probably know by now, Dear Reader, that I love the Bible. Specifically, I love the Old Testament. Pretty much all of it. Even the begats. I know lots of people skip those portions of scripture with weird names that can seem both boring and unnecessary. I’ve...
by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 12, 2011 | happy endings
When my friends and I were in junior high, we heard about this crazy, futuristic invention called a TV-telephone. In the creator’s wildest dreams, you could actually see the person you were talking to on the phone. This idea worried us. I mean, what if it rang...
by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 8, 2011 | The Bible
God never wastes words. But sometimes I overlook them. I’ve read the Book of Nehemiah in the Bible many times. And, I’ve heard some excellent preachers expound upon it. Our friend, Mauricio, did that exact thing on Wednesday night. That is when I realized...
