by Renie Bowman | Sep 17, 2020 | Marriage, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
We went for our daily walk together that evening, just like always. As we passed a neighbor’s home a few houses down from us, Renie remarked, “Hey, look, they are evidently redoing the flower bed there on the right side of the house.” To which Andy grunted a...
by Renie Bowman | Sep 10, 2020 | Parenting, Personal Growth, Wisdom
As a kid, Andy was outdoors during much of the summer months. And not lying by the pool with a Coke in one hand and a fetch-it stick for his dog in the other. His dad started him at age nine to help in the family hay-hauling business. Working many times from “Can’t...
by Renie Bowman | Sep 3, 2020 | Personal Growth, Wisdom
That fateful morning I quickly poured my cup of coffee as soon as it was hot and ready. Been looking forward to it all the way to the office. Well, yes, I guess could have been a little too eager. And I guess I may have been a little distracted. Thankfully I looked...
by Renie Bowman | Aug 20, 2020 | Faith, Family, Personal Growth
I can be sitting at my desk, deeply engrossed in thinking of a serious crisis the world is facing. My mind spiraling in never ending circles, like water going down a drain. And as I contemplate the seemingly unsolvable issue that has my attention, if I am not careful,...
by Renie Bowman | Aug 13, 2020 | Faith, Personal Growth, Wisdom
He was so upset that fateful Sunday morning. The Ol’ Devil had been busy, creating heartache and emotional injury in his small East Texas town. So the young pastor had decided that it was time to preach against that wily serpent. High time somebody exposed who was...
by Renie Bowman | Aug 6, 2020 | Family, Marriage, Personal Growth
Some friends of ours tell this story from the earlier years of their marriage this way: We were living in South Texas temporarily, several hundred miles from our family and dear friends. While Doug worked long hours at a construction job there and had to be gone most...