JAMIE DENTY

Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people. Fred Rogers I...

Ever since we moved to South Georgia where camellias bloom in yards around town, they have  become my favorite flowers. Because my...

While I claim to be a frequent eater, what I’m actually referring to is snacking: those little pick-me-ups that get me through the...

Beware of what you ask for; you may get it. At 20 months, the towheaded tyke says little, but sees a lot. He pokes and pries into every...

At sunset, a shrimp boat heads homeward via Sapelo River. Recently, we went with friends to a seafood restaurant outside of Richmond...

You can’t define quality, but you know it when you see it. A local contractor. The contractor was talking about construction, but his...

Perfection comes of molds or off assembly lines…And the great irony is that we value things made by hand more than we do things that come...

The question is not ‘Can you make a difference?’ You already do make a difference. It’s just a matter of what kind of difference you want...

Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only...James 1:22 Six clear glass bowls, each filled with a different colored solution - red,...

In 2021, I overheard a little boy say, “I want to go to summer.” I loved the phrase so much that I wrote a column about the child and the...

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. Isaiah 35:1. “Who’s...

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for...

We now have hanging on our wall a Paul J. Verheyden original oil painting. Who is Paul J. Verheyden you may ask? He’s my stepbrother. He...

You waste life when you waste good food. Katherine Anne Porter, Texas journalist and author. When I was growing up, my mother, who grew...

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you: do you even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew...

While we adorn our tables at Thanksgiving with arrangements displaying the bounty of the harvest, including pumpkins, apples and oranges,...

Reading Pray Like a Gourmet: Creative Ways to Feed the Soul, by David Brazzeal, immediately immersed me into an ecumenical experience. I...

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark We first visited Ft. Pickens on Santa...

One thing I am learning is to slow down. Multitasking is great; but when I try to do everything at warp speed, I just end up with typos...

High school graduation, what a fun time for the graduates. All of the parties and end-of-the year-banquets. A young saxophonist had been...