Can We Teach Responsible Drinking?

  In my home growing up, there was no alcohol.  Between my grandfather’s alcoholism and my southern Baptist roots, it was simply forbidden. Those rules didn’t stop some members of my family from drinking to excess.  That drinking caused a lot of problems. It seemed that our family’s prohibition wasn’t achieving what it had set […]

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My Place in the Family

In the last three weeks, I’ve driven over three thousand miles.  I am tired just writing that sentence. Beyond the fatigue, my mind wonders…  These experiences felt connected, somehow.  What was God trying to teach me?  And, what did it all mean? My husband and I made the long trip to Washington DC, where a […]

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