With the cold, damp weather in Northwest Georgia, I had a hankering for soup, particularly potato soup, since I ingredients. I’m making it now, that is, this morning. Cutting up the potatoes got me thinking about the old story, “Stone Soup.” I am not sure children still learn this story, but they should, although as with all stories, some could argue that there are life lessons or themes that are counterproductive for children. As a side note, I sometimes say I’m making stone

I am teaching about Hezekiah and Josiah, two “good” kings of Judah (out of a slew of losers) who might be said to have incurred “revivals” in the 600s BC in the Southern Kingdom. I see these two regimes as times for the individual Jews to repent even though the prophesied end would come: destruction of their land and capital and temple; exile; and then return of a humbled people 70 or more years later. It is hard to imagine the history of the Bible without 586 B.C., Nebuchadn

My trip to Turkey was eleven days of my life, and nine and a half of those actually in the country. This is a limited time to get a sense of what the country is like, but here are my thoughts, and my prayers. I have hundreds of photos posted on Facebook and on my other blog. They are here: https://www.facebook.com/barbara.tucker.161 and here: https://partsofspeakingpublishing.blogspot.com/ One is not very long in the country before you know you are in a Muslim country. It i

Those who have accepted that God saves by His grace alone have found the message to be one of unutterable sweet liberation. Martin Luther wrote, “I felt as if I was born again, led to Paradise through open gates,” and so it remains today. The Reformers’ tenacious insistence on grace alone is no relic of the history books or thought of as an embarrassment and as the sorry squabble of persnickety theologians. It remains as the only message of ultimate liberation, the message wi

Since I blog A LOT on another platform, I have let this one ride for a while. Not good. Realistically, I should be blogging here every...

I mostly get these from Facebook, which insists on showing me poetry I did not ask for but find compelling and perspective shaking.

This is a script of a podcast I am working on about AI – What it is and what are we to do about it. I will probably add to it from time...

I'm reading a lot about this now (I have time in retirement). I want to distinguish between generative AI and AI that might be used for...

“In Louisville, at the corner of Fourth and Walnut, in the center of the shopping district, I was suddenly overwhelmed with the...

Rachel Griffin-Accurso and Melani Sanders My granddaughter, like most toddlers, loves “Miss Rachel.” Miss Rachel (or Ms. Rachel) is a...

This is the text to a recent podcast. Yesterday I spent four hours at a local gift shop conducting a book signing. That description...

My husband came out to the deck where I was reading, thinking, and taking long pauses to listen to birds and watch them visit the...

On April 16, my publisher and a friend and I attended the awards ceremony for the Townsend Prize. It was held at the Callanwolde Arts...

https://georgiawriters.substack.com/p/seeking-the-man-behind-the-curtain?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=570089&post_id=161714...

No wonder our ancestors worshiped the sun. What to an untrained, unmodern mind is more fierce and faithful. I see it perched on a...

I believe that when we craft a story, there has to be a spark. That spark may be: a person or group of persons (family) with a certain...

These are short but stunning in many ways. Here is one I wrote, playing with words: Some one said to “pen” a narrative. The opposite of...

On February 2 I put out the solo podcast episode that was part 1 of this series. If I didn’t anger you or totally discourage you, I’m...