Doesn’t everyone dream of finding out something kind of cool about one of your ancestors? This finally happened to me the other day.   I was at my father’s house and he had brought out some old photo albums. As I slowly turned the pages, I enjoyed seeing the pictures of my dad as a child and teenager, as well as his young adulthood. There were pictures of my grandparents as a young couple, and then there were some even... Read more

I can practically see the eyebrows raised as I wrote the title for this article. But that was my initial spiritual journey. I was born into a strict, Southern Baptist family, and my first memories are of Vacation Bible School. While the rest of my family (aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins) were all Sunday churchgoers, my parents really weren’t. They were forced to go every Sunday when they were growing up, and had no desire to do so as adults.... Read more