The Person My Mother Thinks I Am
My mother is fond of telling me, โScot youโre David!โ The David she has in mind is the biblical one. And when she conflates me and King David, Iโm positive she is thinking of the …
My mother is fond of telling me, โScot youโre David!โ The David she has in mind is the biblical one. And when she conflates me and King David, Iโm positive she is thinking of the …
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 …
When I started Faith on View in 2011, I wrote on the About page that transparency is a core value of mine and this website (blog at that point) would seek to be transparent. That declaration …
โThe LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.โ (Psalms 34:18) Those who follow this website may have read the post, “A Birthday (and Holiday) Lamentation,”ย written at the end …
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 yearโs Thanksgiving holiday. It has …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …