I could tell you all of the reasons I want our new book, As the Crow Flies, to be in Braille. Instead, I’ll share this story from our time in Chad, Africa: “Pastor, will you please read Acts 1:8 for us?” The white-haired Mzee picked up his Bible and began thumbing through it. I’d …
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A Mother’s Day story for your drive home: “My Mother’s name is Mary”
A word from Curt Enjoy! Be Grateful! LISTEN TO Audio Podcast of this story My Mother is Named Mary Jesus and His Mother Mary: It’s a reminder that even when your child is perfect(ly obedient) you may not understand him or her. I’ve been thinking a lot about Mary this week. I love …
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The Harvest always follows the Plowing.
Plowing and The Harvest. Enjoy the audio of this story. 1. Be Curious. 2. Be Amazed. 3. Tell about it. I get in lots of trouble being curious. But I also learn so much. The best stories begin with a simple question, “I noticed you . . .” Most folks are more than …
Best Night of my Life
Enjoy an audio podcast of this story. One of the Best Nights of My Life I pull into Dry Creek Camp at 10:00 P.M. Normally I would be going home at this time, but tonight my night is just beginning. Sitting in his white GMC truck, John Bohacek waits for me. John, or …
Living by Six Words
Engagement is the art of making and keeping relationships.
Two D-Words: Depression and Discouragement.
Click on audio player to hear podcast on “Discouragement or Depression” This is an excerpt from the Curt Iles’ book, The Mockingbird’s Song. You can order copies as well as download the e-book at http://www.creekbank.net Finally, I want to mention the difference between discouragement and depression. Discouragement is something we all deal with. …
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Roy Greene’s Door
Roy Greene’s Door This is a warning: Be careful with the doors at the Lake Charles Civic Center! I was there last week and as I entered the men’s room, I recalled Roy Greene’s story. The Lake Charles Civic Center opened thirty years ago. Amazingly, it was constructed on sand pumped out of the adjacent …
The Evening Holler
The first short story in my first book, Stories from the Creekbank, continues to be one of our reader’s favorites. It is entitled “The Evening Holler” and I’ve told it and read it to literally to hundreds of groups over the past ten years. At the end of this short story is a special picture …
