by Brenda Black Boot scoot boogie has a whole new meaning in the Missouri boot heel lately. The dirt beneath farmers’ boots may seem a bit less steady with earthquakes rumbling below the surface. Sikeston, West Plains and Festus were … Read More
By Brenda Black We were looking over the cattle herd the other day, sizing up potential heifers and calculating returns on steers that would soon make the trip to town. Satisfied with the tour, it was time to head home. … Read More
By Brenda Black And they’re off! Out of the gate, the beautiful Thoroughbreds seemed evenly matched and mounted. A wave of chestnut, grey, sorrel and bay on the bottom and fuchsia, teal, green and yellow on top blurred past the … Read More
By Brenda Black Slept like a rock near the Rockies last night until city sirens broke the peaceful Colorado silence. The unfamiliar blare from the streets of downtown Denver pierced through a hotel window 18 stories up in the Mile … Read More
By Brenda Black Just what I didn’t need to hear: “You are no spring chicken.” For the record, I never wanted to be a chicken. I’d much rather be a frisky filly or a bouncing bunny or a frolicking puppy. … Read More
By Brenda Black Easter: Bountiful baskets filled with pastel painted eggs, soft bunnies and girly bonnets. Easter: A solitary tomb filled with a broken body, grave clothes and surrounded by weeping friends. Easter: Death by chocolate. Easter: Life through the … Read More
Part 4 in a Series By Brenda Black Exhausted. Speechless. Troubled. I’ve felt all these emotions, but never as a direct result of meeting an angel in person! One of the key characters of the Christmas miracle, the Lord’s angel … Read More
By Brenda Black Three miles. That’s the distance between the home driveway and our little country church, give or take a few hundred feet. The convenience for saving gas is diminished on those Sunday mornings when every member of the … Read More
By Brenda Black When it feels like the world is falling apart around you, it probably is. Everything is subject to deterioration. From boards to bricks to brains and bones, the world is aging. God created man originally to live … Read More
By Brenda Black “I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave … Read More