Heather Thomas Van Deren

In my opinion, there’s a few things we need to think on in the New Year. Like mama, and biscuits. And Jesus. Wait….. you say, “What do mama, biscuits and Jesus have in common? Well…. everything, really. I may not have grown up exclusively “in the country” as a child, but I had enough “country” in me to know that was the best life to live. My daddy grew up “in the country”, my mama grew up in what she called “the good old days”, and my frequent visits to Granddaddy and Gra

When I moved to the country as a married adult, my small family bought our first farm. Oh, we already owned a few horses, & I was no stranger to country living, having grown up spending summers in the country with my grandparents, and also tending to my animals as a youngster living in rural Texas, such as chickens, ducks, rabbits, & a horse here and there. But after moving onto our own 50-acre spread, we quickly realized we needed equipment which we did not have. We neede

My husband Bill had an epiphany about Jesus the other day. We were visiting a church where evangelist Ronnie Hill was speaking. Ronnie is a down-to-earth kind of guy. I had heard him speak one time, almost 20 years ago, & still vividly remember the impact he had on all of us that were at the little church where he preached. Bill & I decided to go hear him speak. Ronnie’s plea to come forward reached my husband’s heart. It wasn’t the plea for salvation that drew him that