by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jan 20, 2022 | Faith, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
Ever received a frantic phone call from someone needing help? Out of nowhere in a dazzling blue sky, that swiftly moving thunderstorm of need rolls in over your nice quiet afternoon. And the peaceful rhythm of the day is suddenly set to an uneven beat. Reverend Sammie...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Jan 6, 2022 | Faith, Personal Growth, Relationships
Have you ever made an enemy? Someone who not only detests you, but actually would love to see the ground open up and swallow you. While they laugh and annihilate everything that used to be yours. No? Neither have I. Or at least I hope not. If I have, they haven’t let...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Dec 30, 2021 | Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
Face it, our floors here in the Midwest get freezing cold in the wintertime. So cold that you really can’t just ignore them. “I’ll just mosey into the kitchen in my bare feet and get me a cup of coffee and make myself a sandwich. It’s only minus 15 degrees on my tile...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Dec 23, 2021 | Faith, Relationships
Years ago, songwriter Mac Davis penned the lyrics to a song about a tiny orphan girl who evidently longed to experience being loved. In the song, “WHOEVER FINDS THIS, I LOVE YOU” she writes a note containing those words, and it into the wind. A lonely old man...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Dec 2, 2021 | Marriage, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
A troubled couple went to see a marriage counselor. After many sessions with unsuccessful attempts to get the couple to view their problems in the same way, the counselor was feeling frustrated with their stonewalling. The day came when the unhappy wife simply blurted...
by Andy & Renie Bowman | Nov 4, 2021 | Family, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wisdom
Early in our marriage, we were both employed at a large feed, seed and fertilizer company. Its walk-in store was extremely busy from local traffic in the spring, due to the seed and garden plants it carried. Andy was a salesman on the floor, while Renie worked in the...