This was one of the most shocking sights Bryan and I ran across as we rode down Highway 90 after Hurricane Katrina. I took this picture from our car, probably with my mouth hanging open. Our family attends Grace Memorial Baptist Church, but as a little girl, my grandmother took me to this church regularly. [...]
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I’m sure you’ve heard of wedding crashers before, but have you ever heard of a J.O.Y.* Group crasher? When I heard that Kandi Anderson would be speaking to the J.O.Y. Group at Grace Memorial Baptist Church this past Tuesday, I decided to see if I could slip in unnoticed.
The J.O.Y. Group was created for the [...]
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The Sunday before Nathan’s back surgery (to correct Congenital Kyphosis), I knew his last fun event would be the Awana Club meeting held that night at our church, Grace Memorial. By the week’s end, he would be recovering in a body cast, a fact that had Bryan, me, and other family members sad and worried. [...]
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It was 3:00am, and I was in a spiritual crisis. Tears were trailing down Nathan’s temples as he lay in a hospital bed at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans; he was fighting pain and trying to get used to his new body cast. It had only been a year since his open heart surgery in [...]
