by Caroline Crocker | Mar 29, 2024 | Faith, My books, Writing
My Writing Life Begins Most of us will recognize the inspiration for my title: Chariots of Fire. I have to admit I wondered WHY God cared if Eric Lidell ran. His sister agreed with me. After all, how did running spread the Gospel? Eric had no idea that, eventually,...
by Caroline Crocker | Mar 27, 2024 | Faith, Family
I’m an immigrant who was born to an immigrant who was born to an immigrant and on and on for generations. You’d think that moving would be in my genes! I’ve Moved a Lot I’ve had plenty of practice in moving. As an adult, I’ve lived in Urbandale, Iowa; Coventry,...
by Caroline Crocker | Mar 25, 2024 | Faith, Family
History and Geography I went to high school in the days when they were experimenting with “Humanities,” which meant to be a mixture of English, history, etc., but was actually a glorified form of applied psychology. I asked to learn World History, but the school...
by Caroline Crocker | Mar 21, 2024 | Bible, Faith
The Scriptures teach us about a Savior who came, died for our sins, and rose again. We can hang our lives on that truth and that Truth will set us free. But, what is freedom? The Modern Definition A Google search of the definition of freedom reveals that it is, “the...
by Caroline Crocker | Mar 17, 2024 | Faith, Family
Fathers. Some are related to us through birth, some through love, and some through both. Some are good and some not so much. None are perfect. Personally, my father was related to me through birth, through love, and he was—well—human. Not perfect, but doing the best...
by Caroline Crocker | Mar 15, 2024 | Bible, Faith
Have you been looking forward to this article on the six worst textual variants? Just before the corresponding talk at the GWW conference, I experienced both anticipation and dread. Asking questions about personally important topics is often uncomfortable. But...