©2010 Brenda Black As a result of unending cool, cloudy days and torrential downpours, it’s surprising I haven’t developed webbed feet. Had any of the following newsworthy people acquired webbed toes, it may have helped them this past week. A … Read More
©2010 Brenda Black As the banter over national prayer heats up in the count down to next Thursday, I am reminded of the children’s game “Hot Potato.” Everyone wants to briefly hold the prayer tater-topic, then quickly toss it to … Read More
©2010 Brenda Black Ancient Rome, slaves had no rights. Neither did they receive any mercy if they defied authority. They were property and like any other commodity, viewed as disposable. But not before the master demonstrated his superiority with terrible … Read More
©2010 Brenda Black Once upon a time, folks used to sit outside on a spring evening and talk. Neighbors knew one another and the front porch was public domain whether you lived in its attached house or two doors down. … Read More
©2010 Brenda Black “After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. “There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down … Read More
©2010 Brenda Black One thing that ends a friendship the quickest in my book is disloyalty. My greatest hurdle to forgiveness is getting past broken trust. I pray about it and grapple with it and try to move past it. … Read More
©2010 Brenda Black Charles Spurgeon once said that true prayer is: “an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds and a revelation of hidden poverty.” If you think about it, the needs urge us to … Read More
©2010 Brenda Black Painted faces and high pitched rants; frenetic cheers and threatening jeers all at once – No, it’s not an Indian war dance. It’s March Madness! Whether you are among the college enrolled, faithful alum or have no … Read More
Tough Enough ©2010 Brenda Black Think tough! What comes to mind? Steel workers climbing 10 stories into the air, wielding hammers and torches, or a stocky bull rider who gets back up after a hundred slams into arena dirt? Tough … Read More
©2010 Brenda Black “This is what the Lord says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that … Read More