by Patty Parker | Jan 25, 2022 | Faith & Heritage
There’s a saying that’s getting a lot of airtime these days. It comes in different packages like make your own path, speak your truth, or you be you. No matter the words, it boils down to a saccharine-sweet phrase which has been around for a very long...
by Patty Parker | Dec 28, 2021 | Faith & Heritage
As we close the chapter on 2021, I don’t know whether to let out a sigh of relief or hold my breath. What a year. This past January, the people of the United States came together to inaugurate a new president. We sat mesmerized as the nation’s youngest inaugural poet...
by Patty Parker | Dec 7, 2021 | Faith & Heritage
It’s that time of year again. The Thanksgiving feast is in our rearview mirror and a hypothetical white Christmas is on the horizon. With the shift in weather comes the acceleration of our pace. Out too late and up too early. Our destinations become laser-focused as...
by Patty Parker | Nov 1, 2021 | Faith & Heritage
I’m currently reading through the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. Like many, my childhood memories include traveling with the Pevensie children through a wardrobe filled with fur coats to a land called Narnia. I adored Lucy. She entered Narnia first, saw Aslan the...
by Patty Parker | Sep 30, 2021 | Faith & Heritage
“It seems to me people tend to forget we are to love our enemies, not to satisfy some standard of righteousness, but because God their Father loves them. I have preached on that a hundred times.” – Reverend John Ames, Gilead There’s a song I recall from...