by Eileen Parsons | Jun 13, 2013 | Articles
“My son, keep your father’s command, and do not forsake the law of your mother. Bind them continually upon your heart.” Proverbs 6:20 “Mom, what do I put on the envelope?” Mom looked down at the letter in my hand and the blank envelope. I had written several...
by Eileen Parsons | Jun 1, 2013 | Articles
I walked passed the house two or three afternoons per week on my way home from after-school activities. I guess it would be more accurate to say that I ran passed it. It was a shack of a house with boarded up windows, an old man and two young men nearly always...
by Eileen Parsons | May 12, 2013 | Articles
I have chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven, Cary Grant & Doris Day are on the television and my kitchen window is opened just enough to allow a chorus of bird-song in. As I sip my afternoon coffee and wait for just the right time to take the cookies out, I...
by Eileen Parsons | May 4, 2013 | Articles
“What is he up to?” I asked myself, heading down the hallway one morning. The tapping and scraping sounds grew louder the further I went down the hall. Daniel was the only one down there. I opened his bedroom door to find him lounging on his bed, reading a book and...
by Eileen Parsons | Apr 23, 2013 | Articles
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in Him I will...
