“We make 1700 pies every year,” said the lady at the concession stand. For a moment I thought I missed what she said, surely she said 700 instead of 1700. Then she continued, “We begin making them in March; once a week twelve of us get together at the church and form an assembly line…
“Everybody ready?” asked the driver, “Here we go…” The golf cart holding myself, my sister, mom, grandma and another lady bumped down the hill to the big white tent. I was sitting on the back, facing the parking lot and had to turn my head to see where we were going. The tent was decorated…
Southern Gospel Music doesn’t lack for humor. Many have mastered the art of telling a good story and for the most part, folks enjoy a good laugh when they’re out at a concert. We have favorite singers who we consider “funny,” comedians who make their livelihood from it and then there are those who have…
When disaster strikes, the harsh realities of life rush in. Our eyes are opened and we realize how blessed we really are. We stand on the sidelines and watch others go through things that we can’t imagine. If faced with the same circumstance, would our faith hold up? What would we do, if placed in…
Spoiled. That’s a good word to describe oneself after a week of walking the beach by day and hearing Gospel Singing by night. Spoiled?…most definitely. It’s something I won’t deny happening to me while in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for Singing in the Sun. There’s something rejuvenating in being near God’s creation, especially in that…
The band played as I and a stream of other people walked from the exhibit hall to the main auditorium. Four thousand people would be in that room for Friday night’s concert at Singing in the Sun. Right then, the voices of those thousands were singing a medley of both old and new songs lead…
The sun was past its zenith, the tide was out and the waves reached out to touch our feet as they sank in the sand while we walked along the shore. To the pier and back; that’s as far as we would go. Stretched out on beach towels and chairs were people trying to soak…
A pirate for a guardian angel, the town laughing stock for a fiance’ and an obsessive naval officer for a rival…all have woven themselves into Juliana Dutton’s life, and as far as she is concerned, all are unwelcome. Step into Port Royal, Jamaica 1692, and experience the extremes of two worlds as one woman faces…
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 A few weeks ago I sat in the bleachers at a Gospel Sing and watched a season come to pass. The only problem was…I didn’t want it to end. As I looked down on what would be…
The Meramec Music Theater in Steelville, Missouri has a concert series every year for Gospel Music. I was happy to be at the first concert this year in March with The Whisnants and also April’s concert with Brian Free and Assurance. What made BFA’s concert extra special, was that it happened to be on my…
