by LoriAHatcher | Mar 31, 2025 | Christian Living
A few years ago I was the unhappy middle man in a collision between an SUV and a Porta-Potty truck. It wasn’t funny at the time, especially because the accident preempted my plans for a Chick Fil A lunch and sent me to the doctor instead. Thankfully the only real...
by LoriAHatcher | Mar 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Swanson family collected stray cats and stray people. I was one of them. I was sixteen years old, the new kid in school, and lonely. But the Swansons were kind, and when their son brought me home, they adopted me into the family. For three years, I ate meals...
by LoriAHatcher | Mar 17, 2025 | Prayer
“Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.” My introduction to prayer came at the age of seven. I was spending the weekend with my grandmother and had slept beside her, snuggled deep into the covers. As the early morning light filtered through the curtains...
by LoriAHatcher | Mar 10, 2025 | Blog, Christian Living, Prayer
Don, my former pastor, faced a difficult visit. A beloved church member had just been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. “What can I say to her?” he asked his wife, Susan, at the breakfast table. “I’ve never walked through a serious illness. I can’t imagine what she’s...
by LoriAHatcher | Mar 3, 2025 | Blog, Christian Living, Family
“Did you hear what happened with the Smithsons? I suspected something was going on, but I never imagined it was this bad.” Gossip is everywhere—break rooms, coffee shops, the gym, and, sadly, even in the church. Sometimes it’s obvious, like the example above. Other...
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