by Brenda Black In tragedy and grief, we come together as a community to both share and bear the weight of walking through it rightly. We do our level best to say kind things and to demonstrate loving actions. All … Read More
By Brenda Black The fictitious setting of Mayberry, made famous by Andy Griffith, became America’s icon for community. Simpler times and Aunt Bea’s recipes made Mayberry home sweet home for five decades and still counting. Sincere and quirky characters helped … Read More
Timeless New Year Advice By Brenda Black You’ve heard them for decades, the New Year’s greetings, conjectures and predictable resolutions. They slide easily off the tongue but are evasive in practice. What compels us, then, time and again to venture … Read More
Burn PreventionBy Brenda Black Last week I confessed about a backyard sizzler that scorched the lawn and charred my pride when I was younger. In the midst of that trash fire gone hay wire, at least one key thing prevented … Read More
Connections Recover The Lost Art of CommunityBy Brenda Black There was a time of back porch singing. Aunts, uncles, cousins and kinfolk of every generation gathered regularly. Relatives grew up in the same neighborhood or trickled throughout a county. Family … Read More
Connections Recover The Lost Art of CommunityBy Brenda Black There was a time of back porch singing. Aunts, uncles, cousins and kinfolk of every generation gathered regularly. Relatives grew up in the same neighborhood or trickled throughout a county. Family … Read More