Bonnie T. Barry

Christmas giving is often approached in the same way we approach grocery shopping.

How different from another approach to holiday giving I read about several years ago . . .

When she was a child, people sometimes approached the little blind girl and advised her to pray for sight, to plead for mercy from the One who could restore her vision. And she did. For years a…

Janice was washing dishes one bitterly cold winter day when she noticed a dark form on the ledge outside the kitchen window. Straining for a closer view, she climbed onto a stool to try to figu…

Christmas shopping is already beginning . . . I thought I’d post this story because it contains a really good tip to keep in mind when searching for that just right gift . . .

God does work in mysterious ways . . . and we never know when He will surprise us with one of these mysteries.

Have you ever wanted to give up . . .

Little Feather

Emily Dickinson said, “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.” When I was teaching this poem in my high school English classes, I challenged the s…

One of the hardest things for a mother to endure is to see her child suffering, whether it’s physically, spiritually, or emotionally. Everything in us wants to comfort and console, to apply a …

Parenting is definitely a shared duty with the cardinals, and bringing new life into the world is a cycle as natural as breathing . . .

It was April 26, 1998. Sunday morning. A splendid day. A perfect day. As the Psalmist so eloquently put it, “My heart overflowed with a goodly theme,” and I recorded the following in my jo…

“You’ll never guess where Daddy and I went after we finished our errands,” Mama told me when I phoned her. “To the graveyard! I enjoyed it so much!”
Who’d ever think that the graveyard coul…

“Hope” is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all –

And sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –
And sore must …

From the ordinary, extraordinary things can come . . .

Sometimes it takes a four year to remind us of what’s important . . .

Depression can be a monster, but here’s a story of one who conquered it . . .

“Whatever you do, make sure you pray fervently about life’s big decisions,” I used to tell my high school students.

It can take us years to learn the difference between human reaction to our failures and God’s reaction to them.

Home is something we sense from our earliest days . . .

Young moms with children will appreciate this little story . . .

If you’re a dog lover, you’d like this little tale . . .