Winter Season

This again The next morning found Oscar blindly standing at her window staring out. Rain was coming down in buckets matching the gray feeling in his heart. She wrapped her arms around his waist as she laid her head on his back. He loved that feeling. The slow movement of her hands sliding from hisContinue reading “Winter Season”

Winter Season

Please be advised: ADULT SITUATION! Coward? He came back into the kitchen, soaking wet. She couldn’t hide her shocked expression. He must have sat on the steps in order to have gotten wet. His frame cascaded into the floor putting his head in his hands. “Make it stop.” “Where do you want to start?” “IContinue reading “Winter Season”

Winter Season

Make it right The next Sunday, Oscar and Esther did go back to church. After the choir sang their songs, Brother James stood behind the pulpit with his suit coat unbuttoned and his left hand in his pocket. There was a hushed silence that fell over the congregation. “I had one of the ladies askContinue reading “Winter Season”

Winter Season

Pastor Randall About three o’clock the doorbell rang. Oscar opened the door to find the pastor standing on the other side. “Did my mother send you?” “Mr. Patterson.” He shuffled his feet. “No, I’m sure I don’t know your mother. Sister Sharon told me where I could find you.” He forced a smile. “I knockedContinue reading “Winter Season”

Testimony Tuesday on Wednesday

God’s lessons are all around us. We sometimes don’t know how to interpret what he’s saying. Or perhaps we know but we choose to look the other way. I know I do. Brush off an experience and say, ‘that’s not me’. There was a time in my life that I questioned how people could spendContinue reading “Testimony Tuesday on Wednesday”

Winter Season

New church Esther and Oscar were cleaning up the kitchen after dinner. “One of the teachers invited me to go to her church, what do you think?” Oscar asked. “What did she tell you about it?” “It is a Baptist church and they have a new young pastor. She says that he is full ofContinue reading “Winter Season”