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Part of the family
BY DAWN REED Last weekend, our kids came in from Lexington and Indiana to visit and cook out, but especially to go to the cemeteries back home. Our niece, Cassie, joined us. She recently moved from Florida to Virginia. Having always lived away, she hadn’t known where her father had lived, nor his parents, grandparents…
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Who is influencing you?
BY DAWN REED Searching the internet for the just right recipe for beef tips, I landed on a “Best Slow Cooker Beef Tips and Gravy” version on Pinterest. When I cook, I do want it to be the best, so I took a chance. It looked easy. I mixed together the ingredients – some I…
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What you cannot measure
BY DAWN REED Slaw makes me really nervous. Wait. That is not exactly right. Making slaw makes me really nervous. I do not have a set recipe. Oh, I know exactly what goes in it, but the ingredients are not exactly measured. When I make slaw, I add a scoop of mayo, a sprinkling of…
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Dealing with grief
BY DAWN REED If you are in our area this week, you will find us hugging a little more and holding hands a bit tighter. Our whole community was rocked a few days ago when a treasured 12-year-old boy named Diesel took his life just before his 13th birthday. His brother is in my Sunday…
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The Legos God puts together
BY DAWN REED My 8-year-old friend Emerson loves Legos. And not just the big chunky ones most kids his age tend to build with. This young guy just completed the Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle and Grounds, which has over 2,000 pieces and is recommended for ages 18 and up. I was blown away. Over 2,000…
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Too much phone time
BY DAWN REED It seemed like a genius idea, and I felt efficient, filling every spare moment with something. Having a small computer in my hand for several hours a day, I wanted to be productive, not wasting a minute. There were people to text, email or message, Instagram memes to chuckle over and share.…
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Celebrating the goodness of God
BY DAWN REED My beloved and I recently began celebrating special events with quesabirria tacos at our favorite Mexican restaurant. (Our friend Bubba Stewart got us hooked on them.) Quesabirria. We say it over and over, never getting it exactly right. It is a struggle to roll our “r’s.” Ignacio and Ariel patiently repeat the…
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The hard work of Joseph of Arimathea
BY DAWN REED Hebrews 4:12 reminds us that the Bible is alive and active, meaning it applies to today, it applies to now. No matter how many times we read it, we can find something new and exciting – like buried treasure – hidden in the pages. It is not your grandmother’s big white coffee…
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Thinking of Mary at Easter
BY DAWN REED Every day I am thankful for Jesus’ sacrifice, but even more so at Easter. This year, my mind has often turned to His mother, Mary. Standing at the cross, memories and emotions would have surely warred within her. An angel’s announcement of the Messiah’s coming birth began her mission. A sudden trip…
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Distracted
BY DAWN REED I was heading to Louisville to meet with a group of ladies from Crossroads Baptist Church. There was a lot to do so I made a list: a return to Walmart, stops at the post office, gas station and bank. I marked off one thing after another. A traffic light had me…
