I believe that Jesus felt extra joy when He came near to this scene. Last Sunday I shared a watercolor of the Pool of Bethesda by English painter David Roberts. This is his painting of Bethany. Bethany is near Jerusalem. It was the home village of Jesus' friends Lazarus, Mary, and Martha. ... View Post
Precious Moments
I have learned not to recommend books to people until I have finished the very last page, so I haven't yet mentioned the name of the book I am listening to. So far so good, so I am expecting to recommend it to you very soon. I am sharing another story from it today. I told you yesterday about the ... View Post
It’s All Yours
Many years ago, when we were a young family in Mississippi, Ray taught a Sunday School class in a little hideaway upstairs classroom. It was a young marrieds class about marriage. He would be the first to tell you that he was way too young to be teaching such a class. We remember it fondly ... View Post
Helping One Another
I like being around people who talk about pleasant things and I like to talk about pleasant things, too. However, I also need to be around people who are not afraid to share their hurts with me and who invite me to share mine. Life is plain tough sometimes. When others share their hurts, they ... View Post
Public People Are People, Too.
My research yesterday included the Kennedy and Johnson years in the White House, specifically what their lives were like inside the White House. Again I realized that this history that our family writes is about real live human beings. I wish that Twitter tweeters and Facebook posters and TV ... View Post
Teachable
A dear, longtime friend, who is now also a Notgrass team member, lives two hours away from us. She and I are working on a project together, so we spend a couple of hours together on Zoom almost every Monday through Friday. As we worked together on Thursday, she suddenly called to her daughter to ... View Post