The book of Galatians is one many believers call a favorite. Its themes of “standing fast in the liberty in which Christ has made us free” [Galatians 5:1] and...
Fruit of the Spirit–Love
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David Brainerd
Born in 1718 to a devout Puritan family in Haddam, Connecticut, David Brainerd was orphaned at the age of 14. At twenty-one, swept up by the Great Awakening,...
Climb Every Mole Hill
I grew up in a safe neighborhood in a small town during the 1960’s when long summer days were best spent outside. Our house was on a “Circle,” which today...
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Isaac Newton is credited with saying: “If I have seen a little further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” He apparently adapted this idea from...
Meeting of Friends IV
By this point, I was feeling more than a little put out. I loved these ladies. I’d had nothing but positive experiences with each of them, but I was...
As Good As New
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” You’ve probably heard this motto (credited to President Calvin Coolidge) at least once…most likely from a...
The Worth of a Neighbor
Throughout my life I have been blessed with the best of neighbors—from my childhood on Belmont Circle in Denver City, Texas, to my teenage days in the...
Meeting of Friends III
When I heard why I was being called on the carpet, I made myself a cup of coffee and brought the animal crackers to the table, no matter what Ivy Leigh had...
Surviving the Storm
Psalm 107: 25-30. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he...
The Lord is My Shepherd
One of my all-time favorite books is A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller, in which the author, as a shepherd, shares the traits and habits of sheep...
Native Texan Holly Bebernitz moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 1967. After thirty years of teaching speech, English, and history on the secondary and college levels, she retired from classroom teaching to become a full-time grandmother. The change in schedule allowed the time needed to complete the novel she had begun writing in 1998. When Trevorode the Defender was published in March 2013, the author realized the story of the Magnolia Arms was not yet complete.
