by Caroline Crocker | Sep 6, 2024 | Being a woman, Faith
Not an Influencer Not all of us want to be famous, but let’s be honest. We all want to be remembered for something, even if we’ll never be an “influencer.” After a recent gathering of writers, where one could hear book descriptions from every side, I thought about the...
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 26, 2024 | Faith, My books
Remember the slogan, ‘No Fear’? It used to be everywhere–shirts, folders, posters. Well, it was thirty years ago, so maybe not. For me, that was only yesterday. Scary Stories Once my bulldog Clemmy was sniffing around when the neighbor dropped a rake....
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 22, 2024 | Faith, Science
Communion Safety I can’t count the number of times that I have been assured that it is safe to drink from the common cup. Admittedly, if it were VERY dangerous, our churches would be empty–we’d all be dead. But is it safe? As a microbiologist and...