by Renie Bowman | Aug 2, 2020 | Personal Growth, Wisdom
Do you remember the tale of the fellow who was walking down the road in front of his house one bitterly cold morning? He came across a small half-frozen poisonous snake lying beside the pavement. Calling out in a weak voice the reptile asked for help, “Please sir, I...
by Renie Bowman | Jul 23, 2020 | Family, Parenting, Personal Growth, Wisdom
The stranger in the tiny town walked up to the sandlot baseball field to watch a group of loud and excited ragtag boys playing a pickup game of baseball. After a few minutes of listening to the crack of the bat, watching the ball sail over the heads of the...
by Renie Bowman | Jul 18, 2020 | Faith, Personal Growth, Relationships
Many years ago I was a very young and inexperienced pastor of a little church in a small town. I certainly meant well and was struggling to do my very best, but I was overwhelmed by church issues and circumstances. It seemed I just couldn’t get a handle on what to do...
by Renie Bowman | Jul 18, 2020 | Family, Parenting, Wisdom
Several years ago, while visiting with my little preschool granddaughter, I was going to give her some money. But then I decided use it as an opportunity to teach her about money values. So I handed her all the coin denominations, you know, penny, nickel, dime,...
by Renie Bowman | Jul 18, 2020 | Family, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
My son works the night shift, and therefore is sleeping when much of the country is going about their business. One morning he received a phone call that wakened him from a sound sleep. His wife, an elementary school teacher was on the other end of the line. “You...
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