by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 27, 2010 | Friendship, happy endings, mercy
We were in third grade when I totally betrayed my best friend. Troll dolls were the problem. Their ugly mugs and outrageous hair fascinated us. Most of us managed to beg a small dime store model from our parents. One of our friends, however, came to school with a...
by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 12, 2010 | family, happy endings, mercy
I can’t imagine being Hannah in the Old Testament and giving my first-born and only son away to God. I mean, really giving. Not just standing at the altar one Sunday while the pastor prays and agreeing that we will “raise this child in the nurture and the...
by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 28, 2010 | happy endings, mercy
I watched two movies this year that were extremely similar in theme and message. Several of the scenes in both movies were shot inside the homes of working class folks. And both homes were obviously furnished from garage sales. In Movie One, the living room shots made...
by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 1, 2010 | happy endings, mercy, The Bible
In case you haven’t noticed, times are kind of hard right now. At our house, it is a double-whammy. In the writing world, two of the magazines I wrote for last year ceased publication — one of them just after publishing my article, the other one just...
by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 24, 2010 | happy endings, writing
Randall Atcheson is a concert pianist. Not just any old concert pianist, either. He is a Steinway Artist. Wherever he performs, anywhere in the world, the Steinway company delivers a full-sized grand piano and tunes it before he plays.He performs at Carnegie Hall,...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 25, 2010 | happy endings
I heard this theoretical question last week: If you could go to Heaven and find everything beautiful, perfect, and peaceful… but Jesus wasn’t there… would you want to go? It is an interesting question meant to startle us into checking our motivations...
