When the waters rushed over Texas, all I could do was pray for the safety of those caught up in the sudden swells. When the fires began to rage across Montana’s mountains, all I could do was pray for the … Read More
©2016 Brenda Black My final task for the day was simple. Carry a few items to the truck for the kids, offer kisses and hugs and bid them adieu. The wrap up to a pleasant evening picnic to celebrate June … Read More
©2016 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
©2016 Brenda Black No matter how many years pass, no matter how far removed from the direct ties to a graduate, I still cry at commencements. I scan the audience, spotting moms who are doing their level best to just … Read More
By Brenda Black My heart skipped a beat when first my toes touched the powdery soft sand that gradually sloped toward the Pacific. A ferry ride and a two-mile hike in cowboy boots landed me the closest I’ve ever been … Read More
©20`6 Brenda Black Oh, for the love of football. I’ve seen people weep over wins and losses. Heard of people losing thousands of dollars on risky bets. Folks will sit and scream at a 42-inch screen or suffer through blizzards … Read More
©2016 Brenda Black A new year begins. It must start somewhere. According to history, January 1, fits the bill. When Roman dictator Julius Caesar decided that the traditional Roman calendar needed reform, he enlisted the aid of Sosigenes, an Alexandrian … Read More
©2010 Brenda Black “The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.” ~S. Gudder Take the passage in Luke 10:1-20 for example: “After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent … Read More
©2010 Brenda Black My brother was only eight years old when he broke his arm riding a bull in a junior rodeo. His elbow snapped under the pressure of holding tightly to the flat braided rope wrapped around the bull’s … Read More
©2010 Brenda Black I’m feeling better about walking away from an arrogant computer salesman since reading about a disgruntled airline steward who stomped out of the room with a far greater fit. Though I’m not sure I condone JetBlue Fight … Read More