JAMIE DENTY

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...

Enjoy the small things, every little moment that makes you smile. Jennifer Ryan, The Kitchen Front Be honest. Excluding the shortage of...

Last month, a friend, a retired teacher, had a chance encounter with a former student. They enjoyed a brief moment of catching up on each...

Sunday, our car battery died dead, leaving us stranded on Jekyll Island at twilight. The car was loaded up with beach gear, picnic basket...

During my first year of teaching in Dallas, Texas, I wasn’t much older than my students. In mid-20th century, this school system had a...

Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” Theodore Levitt, American economist and Harvard professor of...

I took my family to see a musical. After it was over, I asked everyone what they liked most about it. My daughter, who plays piano, said...

A driving trip quickly reveals one of the growing phenomena of our times - town murals. Of course, one doesn’t have to go very far to see...

“Please call me when you get home.” I don’t know how many times I have made that statement to our children and grandchildren as they...