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Look at me
By
Linda G. Howard
With the stir of the new movie, The Help, I’ve been reminded that the hardest part about directing a choir of mentally challenged people is teaching them to look at me. In the twenty years that I have been a choir director for persons who are developmentally delayed for The Special Gathering, this has been a constant…
Redemption–Part 1
By
Linda G. Howard
While I’ve always had a love affair with the English language, redemption is one of my favorite words. It speaks of strength, firmness, character, kindness, forgiveness and compassion. When I was much younger, I taught Vacation Bible School with Marsha, a woman known for her firmness. If she thought that she was right (and she…
Cheap grace–Part 2
By
Linda G. Howard
When we are met head on by our mistakes, it is sometimes impossible to pick up and resume “just like nothing happened,” especially when we must admit that we have hurt a dear friend. Even though I deeply hurt a good friend some years back, she was determined to maintain me as a companion. She…
Cheap Grace–part 1
By
Linda G. Howard
I hate cheap grace. A wealthy farmer in a small town in South Carolina bought his son a new red BMW for his sixteenth birthday. The boy took the car out one night, got drunk and totalled it. The next day, this father took the errant son to the car dealer and purchased another BMW;…
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