Category Archives: Christian Living

If Only I Had Known

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Verla Wallace

I’m not sure if we get smarter with age or if we simply make enough mistakes and deal with enough setbacks and failures to learn what doesn’t work. Here are a few things I wish I had learned sooner: Wisdom doesn’t come … Continue reading →

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Louder Is Not a Strategy

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Verla Wallace

I’m not a fan of geese, unless they’re flying a few hundred feet overhead in a pretty formation far far away. On the ground they’re loud and messy and territorial, with real anger management issues. We used to live in … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow Has Been Officially Cancelled

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Verla Wallace

Today I read that 13-year old Rebecca Black’s YouTube video, “Friday,” was the most watched music video of 2011. The upbeat song with excruciatingly awful lyrics went viral this year, drawing nearly 16 million viewers. The amateur internet sensation never … Continue reading →

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Have You Seen Him?

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Verla Wallace

My mailbox is full in December. I receive letters and emails from friends and family, spreading good cheer And I also hear from people who have read something I’ve written and just want to reach out and know someone is … Continue reading →

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Life in the No Clue Zone

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Verla Wallace

On the network news last night, the news anchor reported the death of actor Harry Morgan, best known as the acerbic Col. Potter on the TV series “M-A-S-H.” The final  picture onscreen showed Morgan in that role, with the dates 1915-2011 … Continue reading →

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Movin’ On Down the Road

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Verla Wallace

This is the Year of the Move in my family. My mother and middle sister moved in May. My younger sister, her husband and their four kids moved this past summer. My brother and sister-in-law…well, they’re always on the move, … Continue reading →

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The Jerk Factor

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Verla Wallace

Is it my imagination or is the world becoming a meaner place? Since time began, there have always been wars—the big kind with tanks and Drones and missiles and the more personal kind that fall under labels like domestic violence … Continue reading →

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“Where Can Your Navigation Advisor Take You Today?”

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Verla Wallace

I was on a plane this week returning from a visit with family in Florida and found myself seated in the row behind a young family with two kids under the age of three. When we all stood up to … Continue reading →

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Exposing Adam and Eve

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Verla Wallace

A man on the East Coast wrote me this week to say he’s losing his business. He wonders how long he’ll be able to hold on to his house. A woman in Nova Scotia emailed about her cancer diagnosis. A … Continue reading →

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Jesus, Tiger Woods and Winning

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Verla Wallace

Sports reporters are already in overdrive in advance of Thursday’s 2011 PGA Championship tournament in Johns Creek, Georgia, speculating whether Tiger Woods has any chance of winning his 15th major title. Americans seem to have an obsession with winning—constantly measuring … Continue reading →

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