August! – my Birthday Month!   (A-hem) years ago, I was named ‘Dawn Ellen Bean’.  It came to me one day, though, that even though I thought of myself as just ‘Dawn’  – not everyone else did.  My older relatives called…

Between my third and fourth years of college, I spent three months with missionaries on a beautiful, but poverty-ridden Caribbean Island.  I’m sure living conditions  have improved somewhat since I was there, but can you imagine having a piece of…

I had intended to write just those words ‘See Jesus on your journey’ to a precious struggling, Christian friend of mine one May morning.  But, before I did, I knew that I  needed to get into the Word – to…

When my oldest son was little, he liked ‘having all his ducks in a row’ – things in their proper place – things identified.  He was only three or four years old when he crawled up on his Papa’s lap,…

Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871) was a member of the Church of England. In later years, when she was not able to attend public worship, she wrote, “My Bible is my church. It is always open, and there is my High Priest ever…