Posted April 27, 2020 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
For 85 years, the Baker School of Dance had held a themed annual recital.
May 3, 2020’s scheduled recital theme was “All You Need is Love.”
Due to COVID-19, the recital was cancelled. The dance studio sits empty.
In the window of the empty studio is listed the names of all […]
Posted April 26, 2020 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She was hosting a ZOOM workshop, listening to one of the teacher’s closing instructions.
The face of the teacher was “spotlighted.” The teacher’s face was the large image, filling her entire screen.
Her mic was off, and she was recording the audio using “voice memo” on her iPhone.
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Posted April 13, 2020 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Divorce was looming in his future. It was a rough time in his life.
Dreaming one night, he had a vision of Christ.
Calling him by name, Christ offered him blessed assurance, “Everything is going to be alright.”
In the dream, Christ blew into his face.
Waking from […]
Posted April 13, 2020 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
He was a young man when his godfather passed.
The young man worked a 3-11 shift, and about 12 or 12:30 he crawled into bed.
He felt the weight of a man sit down at the edge of his bed and he felt a touch on his leg.
The […]
Posted March 23, 2020 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Safe sheltering due to COVID-19, a text message came from a friend who would be going to the grocery store.
“Do you need anything?” was the offer.
“We NEED nothing,” was the honest response.”We would welcome a dozen eggs if those are available. We would welcome a pound of butter […]
Posted March 23, 2020 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Posted by a Florida snowbird:
We only rent here in Florida, but we vowed eight years ago to treat it as if it is our own.
But—when it comes to the plants—I never felt like it was my job to prune someone else’s flowers. (Our owners living right next door […]
Posted March 23, 2020 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
The headline read: Restaurant Gives Employees 1,000 Pounds of Food!
The owner saw the writing on the wall.
His family in Italy warned him. They said it would get worse, much worse, and it has. They told him to stay safe, to limit his contact with people, to keep his […]
Posted March 22, 2020 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
A text came from a Michigan friend, also wintering in Florida. Everyone is navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.
“BTW – Any connections locally for finding a mask for an ailing friend-of-a-friend who needs to fly home next week?”
She asked her husband if he had seen a mask in the shed […]
Posted March 21, 2020 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
This “Sacred Story” is shared with permission from Facebook:
Yesterday upon entering the grocery store, I was left speechless as my eyes took in the barren shelves of produce. Not one tomato, not one onion, not one…a lot of things! Granted, my first choice was to retreat to a place of […]
Posted March 21, 2020 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
The daughter of her mom’s friend sent some old photos. In one of the photos were her mom, her dad, and her sister, along with the woman who sent the photos and that woman’s brother. The second photo was a more recent photo of her mom’s friend, who had transitioned April […]
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