by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 25, 2013 | mercy
Our son used to be convinced he had sung on stage with Sandi Patty. He would argue the point all day long. We did take his sisters to a Sandi Patty concert once. And, they did go on stage and stand right beside the dazzling lady. But I personally hired the babysitter...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 19, 2013 | mercy
My dad has always been a man of few words. But conversations have become even harder for him these days. His hearing has worn out right along with his body. Of course, he used both his hearing and his body pretty hard the past eighty-six years. He still loves to...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 14, 2013 | mercy
If you aren’t going to make it to the beach this summer, read this little book. You’ll feel as if you’ve been there collecting shells and insights right along with Anne Morrow Lindberg. Of course, Gift from the Sea was written the year I was born. It...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 12, 2013 | mercy
More than thirty years ago, I attended the Mark Twain Writer’s Conference in Hannibal, Missouri, for the second or third time. An editor whose name and publishing house I’ve forgotten, gave us a writing prompt. From that exercise, a character named Audrey...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 8, 2013 | mercy
Our granddaughter, Macy, is in that delicious stage where she is learning to express ideas, concepts, and, as it turns out, theology. We snuggled in my chair during the final episode of the History Channel’s The Bible. Macy had been in children’s church...