by Caroline Crocker | Nov 23, 2024 | Bible, Faith
How many of us in the West have been invited to prayer training of various sorts? Theophostic prayer. Release of generational curses. Inner healing. Breathing techniques. Lectio divina. Contemplative prayer. The prayer of faith or “name it and claim it.” Some of these...
by Caroline Crocker | Nov 9, 2024 | Bible, Faith
Very Inconvenient News Many years ago, I received a burden. A big one. The doctor steepled his hands. “You’re showing signs of pre-eclampsia. If you don’t rest, we’ll have to bring you into the hospital for the next two months.” I bounced my 13-month-old daughter on...
by Caroline Crocker | Jun 10, 2024 | Faith, My books, Teaching
My husband, Richard, and I just got home from our first-ever home school convention: Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV). Let me hasten to add that I felt a bit of a fraud, considering I didn’t home-school my children. In their day, it was barely a thing. In...
by Caroline Crocker | Apr 24, 2024 | Faith
Obsession I recently saw a headline announcing that some Hollywood star is obsessed with her face cream. Having never experienced this particular obsession, I looked it up on the almighty Google. Apparently, a lot of people are. WHAT??? Obsession is defined as a...
by Caroline Crocker | Apr 14, 2024 | Bible, Faith
I’m No Spring Chicken Not so long ago, one of my granddaughters brought her little face up close to mine and inspected me carefully. “Grammy, you’re really old!” At another time, another one asked me why I don’t just let my hair be gray, seeing as I am ancient...
