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...
by Patty Parker | Sep 2, 2021 | Faith & Heritage
He walks beside her. He in his jogging pants and fanny pack and she with her visor and wheelchair. She pushes it for support—and in case she grows tired—but she never grows tired. They circle the neighborhood like clockwork. Until that day— the day they feel the...
by Patty Parker | Jul 21, 2021 | Faith & Heritage, Scripture
Entitlement has overtaken the Christian world. Regardless of which aisle we find ourselves, conservative or liberal, we cling to our rights. “Don’t call me a prude. I’m just being sensible.” “What do you mean I’m too liberal. Look at who Jesus hung out with on the...
by Patty Parker | Jun 28, 2021 | Faith & Heritage
“Mommy? I believe Jesus is real but sometimes my body doesn’t believe.” In my 8-year old’s language, my daughter was telling me she had doubts. She continued, “How can God hear me when I pray…then someone else prays? How does God know who asked for what? And how do I...
