JAMIE DENTY

What matters most in a child’s development, they say, is not how much information we can stuff into her brain in the first few years....

Let us now go even unto Bethlehem and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known to us. Luke 2:15 Stand on the...

Earlier this year a former student from Texas questioned me. He thought he remembered a Creative Writing Club Christmas party. He asked...

Everywhere I turn this season, from the city parade to many magazines to some television shows, folks have put on display their list of...

Who would write a book about having life-threatening brain surgery? Comedian Jeannie Gaffigan did. She entitled it When Life Gives You...

Until I feared that I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. -Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee...

These people in my house, in my life: They are everything. We’re going to lose so much. We don’t need to lose this, too, this time we...

No, this isn’t a Mother’s Day column in November. Or is it? According to an article in Reader’s Digest, we women can thank one specific...

At the beginning of my teaching career in the 1950s, one tenth grader turned in his first paper minus any capital letters or periods. I...

Jamie Denty’s Angel in Tennis Shoes: Devotionals for Christmas, was chosen best collection of columns or short stories in the National...

Vengeance is mine said the Lord. Deuteronomy 32:25 RSV One of the uglies which continues to rear up in human relationships is an...

Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story,...

Attempts to undermine the free press ... make it more difficult to hold repressive governments accountable. For decades, dissidents and...

Whenever people tells me that they spell so poorly, they can’t even look up the spelling of a word in a dictionary, I direct them to a...

A touch of gold beckoned from across the yard. Swaying with the gentle breeze, it waved a friendly greeting. I must respond. Alone, it...

Growing up, even in Texas where steak reigns supreme, I called ham my favorite meat. Mother usually served it for company; for me, it was...

My first job, at age 16, during the summer between high school and college, was with an electronics shop. Before the age of microchips,...

Looking under chair cushions is a favorite pastime of our youngest. Especially, where Daddy sits. With enough frequency to be...

The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor, and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly....

Quick, off the top of your head, name your five favorite books. If you are a reader, it’s not as easy a task as it seems. Not long ago,...