Patti Richter, On Faith: Breaking News from the Dawn of Time

Patti Richter, On Faith: Breaking News from the Dawn of Time

Rockwall, TX (November 28, 2025) – A high-rise collapse after an earthquake across the globe is disconcerting news. But my young adult children wouldn’t know about it unless I happened to mention it. They’re concerned with their jobs and growing families, perhaps wisely bypassing news of world events that gain their parents’ attention. Broadcasters often […]

How Mummies Paved the Road to Jerusalem

How Mummies Paved the Road to Jerusalem

Rockwall, TX (October 22, 2025) – A would-be archeologist descended into an Egyptian mummy pit by candlelight. The stacked remains of shriveled 3,500-year-old bodies filled a long passageway. Suddenly, the pit collapsed under his weight, and he landed in piles of bones and rotted linen wrappings, choking in mummy dust. That was in the early […]

Raising Our Trust-in-God Quotient

Raising Our Trust-in-God Quotient

(ROCKWALL, TX — March 13, 2019) She was unstoppable and courageous. At least her pink shirt said so. But her sudden wailing revealed something else. She was rigid with fear after a sharp-toothed terrier rejected her affection. When my granddaughter suffered two wounds and received a few stitches for each, we gained a reminder about […]

The Gift of a Good and Perfect Word

The Gift of a Good and Perfect Word

“He sent forth his word and healed them…” –Psalm 107:20 (ROCKWALL, TX — June 27, 2018) I was growing discouraged about the welfare of my friend Luann. For several years I’d been playing the loyal companion “Sam” to her beleaguered “Frodo.” She had the challenging lead role of trudging up her own Mount Doom in […]