by Rebecca Davis | Nov 6, 2010 | news and musings, seeking Jesus
I was a young mother. She was an older woman. Her question was rhetorical, addressed to the whole group. But maybe you’ve had one of those moments where the question addressed to the whole group zings like an arrow right to your own heart. Where does your mind...
by Rebecca Davis | Jun 26, 2010 | news and musings
. . . and I want to do that more, especially important books that for some reason or other are failing to receive enough notice. I think there are probably other readers like me, who before buying a book want to read the Amazon review. So there needs to be one on the...
by Rebecca Davis | May 15, 2010 | news and musings
My daughter Katy was sick, really sick. It was four days before her wedding. We were in the middle of all kinds of wedding preparations, and Katy lay on the couch moaning in disbelief that she was about to get married. And her eyes were turning yellow. So I took her...
by Rebecca Davis | May 2, 2010 | news and musings
What do you do when your daughter who’s getting married in a week is sick with mononucleosis? Well . . . for me . . . default reaction. Worry. Yes, okay, I’m subject to anxiety attacks. Probably not the clinically diagnosable kind: I don’t think I...
by Rebecca Davis | Apr 16, 2010 | news and musings, our New Covenant identity, sanctification by faith alone
My daughter is getting married, and she wants to wear a veil. In front of her face. She knows that veils aren’t that common nowadays. It’s probably because at some point people thought that since their faces wouldn’t show up in the photographs, the pictures wouldn’t...
by Rebecca Davis | Mar 14, 2010 | news and musings
Charles Dickens loved England. Because of this love, he felt a deep sense of urgency to help his homeland change in important ways. He wanted people to care about the poor, to care about orphans, and to arise from their complacency. While his contemporary George...