by Ashley Larkin | Mar 29, 2013 | Biblical tales, Five Minute Friday, Redemption
Before Jesus died, he drew his followers attention to a kernel of wheat. If that kernel lived, he said, it would remain only a single seed. But, if it were crushed and broken, it would produce much life. And this kernel is truth, and this kernel tells the story of my...
by Ashley Larkin | Jan 28, 2012 | Biblical tales, Childhood, Mothering
Perhaps no other words from my childhood (save for magazine collage) rang with that same promise of colorful magic: Flannel board. Fuzzy technicolor stories sprung from the mouth of a grownup onto a giant board where they stuck. It was amazing, simply amazing. As a...