by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 4, 2019 | Church, holidays, Miracles, prayer, Waiting
Okay, so not many folks think of Lent, which starts this Wednesday, as a celebration. This is, after all, a serious time when we’re meant to reflect, repent, and ponder Christ’s sacrifice for us. But I love Lent and, for me, it’s a somber...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
There’s no shortage of great story ideas in the hills and hollers of Appalachia. But my favorite place to mine for stories is my own family. A few years ago, I used Ancestry.com to research Dad’s side of the family. We knew our farm had come down through the Phillips...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
My husband and I have discovered the joy of watching programs available through Amazon Prime. We made our way through Endeavour and are now enjoying Grantchester. (FYI – I think I have a bigger crush on Geordie than on Sidney.) But I feel like we just might be...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 21, 2019 | Appalachian, Food, Nature
Vermont gets most of the maple syrup press, but Appalachia produces it’s fair share of the sticky, sweet stuff. West Virginia has 75 or so farms producing more than 2,500 gallons of syrup in a given year. And February into March is harvest season. The trick is...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 18, 2019 | Church, Friends, Miracles, Reading, Waiting
For a long time now I’ve assumed, based on Matthew 17:20, that my faith is pretty pitiful. Not even a mustard seed’s worth. That scripture suggests that if my faith were as much as even a BB-sized seed, I could move mountains or cast mulberry bushes into...
