The Surprises and Promises of Spring
APRIL 15, 2014 | BY: LINDA BRENDLE -- Spring is my favorite time of year because it’s so full of promise. Although it’s been...
"Alone Yet Not Alone" by Joni Eareckson Tada Needs to Be Heard
FEB 11, 2014 | BY: LINDA BRENDLE -- When the nominations for the upcoming Academy Awards were announced, there was a surprise...
Riddles, Giraffes, and Jesus
NOV 3, 2013 | BY: LINDA BRENDLE -- Anyone who spends any time at all on Facebook has seen a proliferation of giraffes on the site recently...
Doubt and Certainty: Does It Have to be One or the Other?
OCT 12, 2013 | BY: LINDA BRENDLE -- My thoughts are that certainty and doubt are not mutually exclusive. Faith, like love, is a decision...
Confusion and Certainty about God
May 15, 2013 | BY: LINDA BRENDLE -- I’m not a very deep thinker. When I was growing up in Dallas, there was a D.J. on WRR named...
The Humility and Grace of Foot Washing: Pope Francis and Me
BY: LINDA BRENDLE -- Pope Francis created quite a stir during Holy Week when he celebrated the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at a prison...
The Fairy Tale of Gun Control
BY: LINDA BRENDLE -- Even writers of ancient fairy tales knew you couldn’t destroy or hide all the weapons of evil in the world. We...
What Happens When One Person Cares
BY: LINDA BRENDLE -- Do you care enough to make a difference in just one person’s life? My understanding of the Scripture is...
Does Government Assistance Discourage Private Charity?
A couple of months ago my brother, the Reverend Doctor Jim Robinson, posted a blog titled “Hard Work vs. Government Assistance.” It was well-written and thought-provoking, but I thought it was incomplete.
I...
Health Care — Then and Now
BY: LINDA BRENDLE -- I don’t know if we had health insurance when I was a child. When I had a sore throat...