When Father’s Day Falls ShortBy Ashlie Miller While Mother’s Day is responsible for catapulting card and flower sales, Father’s Day has been reduced evidently to beer paraphernalia, […]
- Re-creating Through Recreation
By Ashlie Miller “Have a great summer!” If you dig up an old school yearbook, someone at some point likely wrote that in the front or end pages of yours. […]
- 18 Years of Waiting
By Ashlie Miller Recently, our 18-year-old son graduated from high school. While he was but a newborn, an event nearby rocked the community – what […]
- How Grads Can Get Where They Are Going
By Ashlie Miller “Where are you going to college?” That was the default question for my generation and maybe yours upon high school graduation. The […]
- A Death Louder Than Words
By Ashlie Miller My latest $2 splurge at a recent yard sale was “The American Patriot’s Almanac: Daily Readings on America.” Written as a “this day in […]
- Can We Still say God is Good?
By Ashlie Miller Early Monday morning, I was shocked and saddened to see that an older couple had succumbed to the flames of a house fire in Rowan County […]
- To Mom, with Love and Regrets
By Ashlie Miller If this weekend is difficult because Mom is gone, I write this for you: Imagine writing a letter to Mom who has passed away – it […]
- Thorns to Protect
By Ashlie Miller Rarely do we see thorns as a positive thing, though the loveliest roses are accompanied by them. Perhaps it was an adaptation after the […]
- Beyond the Bloom
By Ashlie Miller “God is so good!” my young adult son proclaimed after hearing his father (and pastor) echo something my son and I had discussed just a […]
- Eyes Up Front
By Ashlie Miller Reading through Galatians, two words leap off the page – “even Barnabas.” Barnabas is one of the most likable of the many followers […]
- Use Your Words
By Ashlie Miller Preach the gospel at all times. Use words if necessary. You’ve probably heard something like that, maybe you’ve even quoted it. I did not […]
- Close Encounters
By Ashlie Miller What a week. If you follow Holy Week readings and mark the days, the end of the past week was heavy. Judas, one of the 12, has betrayed […]
- When Passover is Personal
By Ashlie Miller If you pass by some grocery store aisle end-caps this week, you will likely see products that you may not normally purchase, but many […]
- Where’s the View?
By Ashlie Miller Spring fever takes on different forms for each of us. Are you eager to clean or declutter? Perhaps you’d like to remove the weeds […]
- Daffodils
By Ashlie Miller “Daffodowndilly” By A.A. Milne She wore her yellow sun-bonnet She wore her greenest gown; She turned to the south wind And curtsied up […]
- From 60 to Zero
By Ashlie Miller After a cold February, are you counting the days until spring? If you have a student (or teacher!) in your household, they are likely […]
- Time With a Friend
By Ashlie Miller Beautiful routines have been developing in my home with my best friend. We occasionally meet on the front porch together, often with our […]
- The Time I was Not in Trouble at School
By Ashlie Miller Decimals – little marks that make a huge difference in answers. I’ve been helping my daughter work through decimals recently in […]
- When God Sends Grits
By Ashlie Miller February can be a dreary month. To brighten things, each February, my children set out small, tin mailboxes in hopes that some cheer will […]
- Snow Shovels and Leaf Blowers
By Ashlie Miller What do you get when you borrow three snow shovels and bring out your gas-powered leaf blower (aka a red-neck snow blower)? Well, when […]
