Regina Jennings's Blog, page 12

A Life of Glamour

Every adult needs a skill set that elevates them above the masses, that makes them valuable and employable. Even though I've chosen to stay home raising kids, when the need arises I'm confident that I can contribute to the family budget by falling back on my training….

…to weigh pigs.

This is my dad. My whole life he's been a livestock order-buyer. He's not a farmer or a butcher. He's the one who brings them together.

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You see, packing houses specialize in certain cuts of meat, but a farmer has p...

The Best Ruth and Boaz Cowboy Christmas Play Ever! – Part 3

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(In case you missed them earlier: Part 1, Part 2.)

It was crunch time. The script had been finalized, lines memorized and my household terrorized. What was I thinking adding this undertaking to our already hectic schedule?

But the show must go on. Three of the four skits in Redeemer were vignettes, complete in one scene. The remaining, our Cowboy Ruth and Boaz skit, was longer. After all, we had to go from them meeting to marrying, and you can't do all that in one scene. While working on the...

The Best Ruth and Boaz Cowboy Christmas Play Ever! – Part 2

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(If you missed Part 1 you can click here.)

"You want to make the Ruth and Boaz skit into a Western?" My choir director removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes.

"It only makes sense," I said. "Boaz was a rancher, or farmer at least. Ruth was a foreigner – maybe from Mexico." The eye-rubbing intensified. "Costumes will be easy. Everyone has boots, Wranglers and a cowboy hat."

Turns out getting permission was easier than I'd imagined – whether from divine intervention or the Music Minister's...

The Favorite Blog Post of the Year?

In the interest of simplifying my holiday weekend, we are interrupting the saga of "The Best Ruth and Boaz Cowboy Christmas Play Ever" to repost a blog entry from earlier this year. Was this your favorite or did another take that honor? I write for you, the readers, so let me know what you'd like to see more of.

Once the presents are wrapped and the cookies are decorated, the weekly blog schedule will resume.

Merry Christmas and may God bless you with His Presence this New Year.

To G. P. S. – A...

The Best Ruth and Boaz Cowboy Christmas Play Ever! – Part 1

[image error]"Hey, I've been meaning to talk to you." Joel, our music minister stopped me just outside the church office. "You've written skits before, haven't you?"

"Years ago for the youth department."

"Well, we're planning the Christmas play and could use your help. Would you mind giving us a hand?"

And that's how Sixty Acres and a Bride came to be.

What? I hear you gasp. The Historical Romance that releases next month from Bethany House started as a Christmas play? But it's set in the summer, in Texas...

House Hunting

I love to look at houses – just not new ones. Looking at pristine, staged homes reminds me of the day I spent in a hotel room with my kids, subjected to hours of the Disney channel. Yes, those adolescent actresses are just as cute as can be, but they aren't very interesting. They need more years hung on them before they have any character. What's a few dents and dings if the structure has stood the test of time? (Or that's what I keep telling my husband.)

It's the same with houses. While...

What Your Aunt Meant to Say

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Every childhood should have a magical frontier – a place that's familiar, and yet unexplored. For me, that land of enchantment was called "Grandma's House."

Every time I lifted the lid of the steamer trunk in the basement, I held my breath. Perhaps I would find a silk ballgown among the dress-up clothes. Maybe the heavy clip-on earrings would be replaced by thick strands of pearls straight from the Orient. And even if untold riches weren't discovered, the common glittered because there were...

Thankful – For the Gifts, but even more for the Giver

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Instead of posting an entry this week I'm doing a Thanksgiving alphabet on my Facebook page. Come on over, see what letter we're on and make your contribution.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

Here She Comes…Miss Fill-In-The-Blank

[image error]Doesn't every little girl dream of a tiara and a sash? A beautiful gown, whitened teeth and a limpid wave mean that you are someone important. You have that indescribable charm, the grace, the ability to sell raffle tickets that raises you above your peers.

Yes, I'm bitter.

Not that I ever made an attempt. Learning a talent, dieting and being pretty would be too much work. I really just wanted the crown, thank you. And being chauffeured in a convertible would be fun, too. But I might have...

Unshakable

 

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Flying doesn't terrify me. Usually I relax with a book and enjoy the quiet. Boats are fun, too. It's exhilarating to skim the surface of the water. It's peaceful to float aimlessly. And yet when the journey is over and my feet are once again on terra firma that niggling uncertainty disappears. No longer is gravity a deathly threat as it is in an airplane, and no one has ever been swept away by a riptide of Bermuda grass. Solid ground. I'm safe.

Maybe it's living in tornado alley that has...