Snow, ice and a big pot of gumbo
A Different Beat
A Different Beat
In Southwest Louisiana, all holidays are a reason for celebration and Mardi Gras is no exception.
There’s a scene in one of my favorite Christmas movies in which Ralphie Parker, Old Man Parker, Mother Parker and Randy Parker were gathered around a radio for entertainment.
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mindful Musings
A friend called me this week with a question.
It’s the holiday season, a time of the year associated with joy and peace, love and laughter, harmony and family togetherness. But for some people, this simply is not the case. For some, the holidays are a time of sadness and confusion, pain and anger, hopelessness and intense loneliness.
Breath of fresh erin
For you [ Israel] are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.” ( Deuteronomy 7: 6).
If you’ve ever eaten watermelon in the middle of summer and started to make a beeline for a swimming pool or watering hole, you know what came next.
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