The young woman holding the guitar looked nervous as she took her place on the stool at the front of the auditorium where 400 women chattered, all seated around beautifully decorated tables for the annual church Christmas banquet. An expectant hush fell over the room as hot tea-sipping women dressed in their holiday finest turned ...
Archives for December 2013
Everyone Needs a Papa
I’ve had several recent requests from readers to explain the origin of my use of the term, “Papa God” in my books. I’d be happy to oblige. I guess it’s one of those things you do that is so much a part of you that you don’t think about it anymore. Like parting your hair ...
Don’t Want to Flunk This Lesson
Yeesh, it happened again. Every single time I teach a children’s church lesson, Papa God brings the exact dadgum lesson home to me. He knows all along that I’m the one who needs to hear it more than the kids. And sometimes His timing is, well, unfortunate. So there I am, wearing my big floppy ...