by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jul 16, 2018 | Church, Family, Friends, Love, Memories
This past weekend a good friend and her family hosted a yard sale to empty out her grandparents’ house. Health issues and advancing years have forced the couple into a facility and it’s time to think about selling the little house they’ve lived in...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Apr 26, 2018 | Appalachian, Church, History, Memories
Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary–twenty-two years! So what does that have to do with outhouses? Well, if you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know that the church where we married was lacking indoor plumbing. It still is twenty-two years later....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 26, 2018 | Church, History, holidays, Love, Miracles
Just picture it. Jesus comes riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. People act like he’s a rock star–waving palm branches, throwing their cloaks down in the street. The king is here. But wait. This isn’t the king they expected. He doesn’t overthrow...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Mar 5, 2018 | Church, Love
That’s what our pastor talked about yesterday. I always thought it meant something like kindness–a sort of being careful with whatever is fragile in life. But here’s a definition from a Bible dictionary: “Sensitivity of disposition and kindness...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Feb 19, 2018 | Church, holidays, Miracles, Waiting
There were fewer than twenty of us gathered in the little white church on the hill for the Ash Wednesday service last week. The evening was mild and the service was brief with some music, scripture and words from the pastor, and then the ashes. Lent is my favorite...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Jan 22, 2018 | Church, Family, Reading, Writing
I gave up making new year’s resolutions a long time ago. This year, though, I felt like I needed to not so much resolve to do better, but take steps to get a grip on all the STUFF going on in my life. Work, writing, church, family . . . there’s just so...
