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The Person My Mother Thinks I Am

Scot Loyd is shown with his mother in this snapshot.

My mother is fond of telling me, โ€œScot youโ€™re David!โ€ The David she has in mind is the biblical one. And when she conflates me and King David, Iโ€™m positive she is thinking of the …

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Between Two Worlds

Image shows a pastel and acrylic abstract painting in colors of red, blue and green.

I grew up on a small ranch in Northern California. My mother, who was raised in rural Tennessee and loved the land, managed the ranch and home. My father was an Appellate Court Judge in …

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The Perspective That Informs My Gratitude

male and female wood cut outs sit on a wooden 'bench' holding hands with a sign above saying Helen and Roy, the Loyd's

The girth of our gratitude is proportionate to the depth of our perspective. This truth was once again made apparent as I visited with my 87-year-old mother prior to this yearโ€™s Thanksgiving holiday. It has …

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Eastern Christianity: A Journey

Eastern Christianity

The following is a talk that my departed grandmother invited me to give for her Sunday School class at First United Methodist Shreveport which, due to some confusion, was given in its entirety to the …

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Never Too Old to Be Too Young

Age really wasn’t the issue. It was just a way of dismissing me. I was too young only because in interfered with their itch being scratched.

Remolding Idols of Clay

I grew up in a Southern Baptist world filled with sacred tunes of both the vintage and contemporary variety. Ironically, the tune that has framed my spiritual experience more than any other stemmed not from …

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Dear Dad | A Letter of Concern

Dear Dad, You went to be with Jesus 10 years ago. In honor of a decade of the best 10 years of your existence, I wanted to give you an update on how things have …

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Am I Hispanic/ Latino/ Chicano?

Rondall Reynoso is shown in an Eucalyptus grove, leaning on a deadfall, on the property on which he was raised.

Am I Hispanic? It seems like such a simple question. But ethnic identity can be complicated these days. I’m 6’5″ with grey eyes and light skin. My mother was from the Appalachian hills in east …

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