Family, friends and faith
- Category: Writings
- Written by Tina Anderson

Although Dustin Miller knew something was wrong, he would have never guessed what was really happening.
Read more ...Although Dustin Miller knew something was wrong, he would have never guessed what was really happening.
Read more ...You can’t keep a good woman down.
Even a short hospital stay doesn’t stop Kathy Crist from staying on mission to help those in need.
Read more ...We were asked to present a few words. What do you say when your firstborn is graduating high school?
Read more ...Alicia Offhaus is smitten with Classical Conversations of Conway.
She believes attendees will be also if they visit the homeschool group this Tuesday, March 14, for its Excellence in Education lunchtime gathering at Pine Grove Baptist Church on Old Reeves Ferry Road.
Read more ...Being dependent on the generosity of others is something Tanya Mauldin knows all too well.
The director of The Shepherd’s Table in Conway said the soup kitchen receives an annual $3,000 grant from the City of Conway. That’s where the secured funding ends.
Read more ...Kathy Crist believes she is on a mission from God. Of course, the tenets of her faith tell her she is not alone in the assignment to help those in need.
“It’s our job as Christians to help these folks,” the Conway woman said.
Read more ...For a small church, Union United Methodist gets big results.
The South Conway church regularly sees about 150 worshippers on any given Sunday. Despite that, the congregation has brought in close to $120,000 to fund water wells in Africa as well as improve its own facilities for effective ministry environments.
Read more ...I want to save the world. But I don’t want to do it one person at a time. I want to create new programs, write new books, teach new lessons - that somehow can reach the masses.
Then I am reminded...the fight is personal.
Read more ...Ten-year-old Isaiah Clardy prayed three years ago for a garden. He remembers it was for “people that didn’t have food,” but doesn’t recall what led him to make the same prayer request continually each night before going to sleep.
Read more ...I frequently mix up the two. I catch myself calling this Friday, Black Friday. Then, I realize my mistake.
You have to admit. It fits in many ways. The day Jesus died has a lot to do with darkness, despair, and mourning.
Read more ...God was calling Mary Long.
At first, the idea of going to Africa was a little frightening. Mary was concerned about her family’s safety once she got there as well as the Conway home she was leaving behind for two weeks.
Read more ...We called him Methuselah. He called my husband Jesus. Even with his long hair and beard, Keith is not as much like Jesus as Billy was like Methuselah.
Read more ...I had become fascinated by fighting. This curiosity surfaced nearly two years ago when I realized every movie I was interested in had fighting as its backdrop. I noticed I was drawn to action films, where characters displayed courage, fought for freedom, and stood their ground in honor of the right thing. They didn’t back down, despite having all odds against them.
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