After thirty years in my home, I am having my kitchen remodeled, and have concluded that “remodeling” is a metaphor for life in general. Remodeling your own...
The Stern Work of Remodeling
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Stories: fictional, historical, biographical. Devotional thoughts. Writing tips. Helps for home and hearth.
~ Holly Bebernitz
Sundays—Sacred
Devotional thoughts, posted for the 31 Days of Blogging challenge.
Heavenly Prepositions
Though I have been a Christian since I was nine years old, I did not learn how to pray till I was forty. My learning curve along those lines is still steep....
The Road to the Juniper Tree
This is Part III of the series on Elijah, which began on January 23 [I Kings 17], and continued with Part II on January 30 [I Kings 18], which concluded with...
That Was Then
“What we feel now, we will not always feel.” During a perilous time in my life, this quote from Philip Yancey’s book, Disappointment with God, caught my...
Preserved & Prepared
I Kings 17-19 is the story of the prophet Elijah, described as a “bolt of fire God let loose” to do away with Baal worship during the reign of Ahab and his...
How Much Are You Worth?
It’s an age-old problem, beginning with Cain and Abel, resurfacing with Jacob and Esau, and sinking to ever deepening lows with Joseph and his ten older...
A Walk is a Step Reiterated
Thomas Jefferson: Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. Abraham Lincoln: I walk slowly, but I never walk backward....
On Board or On Boards
“Are you on board?” You might be ‘on board’ a plane. You might be a recently hired employee, now ‘on board’ with a new company. You might be a...
Aaron’s Mother
Every time August arrives, my first thought is not of the approaching school year, though I spent 50 Augusts headed back to a classroom, first as a student...
Everybody Loves Moses III
The children of Israel reached the Red Sea, trapped with the army of Pharaoh approaching. Exodus 14--The Red Sea crossing recounts the best known example of...
Native Texan Holly Bebernitz moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 1967. After thirty years of teaching speech, English, and history on the secondary and college levels, she retired from classroom teaching to become a full-time grandmother. The change in schedule allowed the time needed to complete the novel she had begun writing in 1998. When Trevorode the Defender was published in March 2013, the author realized the story of the Magnolia Arms was not yet complete.
