Every time August arrives, my first thought is not of the approaching school year, though I spent 50 Augusts headed back to a classroom, first as a student...
Aaron’s Mother
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~ Holly Bebernitz
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Looking Beyond
Earlier this week we explored the subject of Expectations and that the word itself means “looking out” or “forward to.” Today we will focus on the...
The Fruit of the Spirit–Gentleness
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness… Whenever I prepare a lesson or article, I always head...
The Elusive Culprit III
This is the third chapter in a series focusing on my mother’s journey into dementia and includes details of that deterioration. These descriptions are...
Tending Wounds
Probably…at this very moment you could point out a scar, large or small, neat, or jagged, you received when you scraped your knee, burned your arm, or got...
Meeting of Friends VIII
I was right about one thing. Bonny Bee was ready to go home. She stood and eased her chair under the table. “I’ve so enjoyed meeting all you ladies,” she...
Managing Expectations
Philip Pirrip, orphaned, lived with his sister and her husband, Joe Gargery, the village blacksmith. Pip was visiting his parents’ graves, when an escaped...
Everybody Loves Moses III
The children of Israel reached the Red Sea, trapped with the army of Pharaoh approaching. Exodus 14--The Red Sea crossing recounts the best known example of...
Right Word, Right Time
Jefferson Smith was an unlikely senator. A Boy Ranger leader, judged to be too naïve to be politically savvy, he was summoned to Washington D.C. to fill a...
The Fruit of the Spirit–Longsuffering
The term “longsuffering” has gone out of fashion for the most part. The two best known Scriptural references, which mention the principle—Galatians 5:22, as...
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.
