A Word About Snow

by | Jan 30, 2014 | mercy

If you live in the Midwest, or the North, or the Northeast, or the Mountains of Anywhere, you are probably shocked by the sight of entire highway systems coming to a dead stop in Georgia over what we might call a skiff of snow. It is almost beyond belief that dozens...

Tribe Time

by | Jan 27, 2014 | mercy

Last week, we held the first gathering of the As-Yet-Unnamed Heartland Writer’s Group. The group is sponsored by our local college and hosted by yours truly. When I threw out the emails, web postings, and church bulletin announcements, I didn’t know what...

The Little Things

by | Jan 23, 2014 | mercy

As you know if you read this blog, Serenity and I made several trips to Kansas City for her radiation treatments this month. (Pesky cancer!) The trip took about ten hours each time, so we had lots of time to talk and solve all the problems of the world. (You are...

Keep the Stones

by | Jan 20, 2014 | mercy

  Have you ever wondered why David the shepherd boy carried five, smooth stones the day he killed Goliath? It only took one to knock the giant down. After that, David sliced off Goliath’s head and carried it all the way to Jerusalem. But, I have an idea...

Keeping it Real

by | Jan 16, 2014 | mercy

I’ve read several articles lately on the facade of social media. Authors are complaining that tweets and posts and pins sound more like the typical Christmas newsletter than life-as-we-know-it. People post things like: Can’t decide between Cancun and...