Author: Jeff Hampton

Humbled

I was at the church late one weekday afternoon and saw something interesting: A woman leaving the lobby pressed the blue automatic door opener button and made the sign of the cross on her forehead, heart and shoulders as she walked out. I was amused at first by what looked like an act of mistaken church identity because she did what Catholics do as they dip their fingers in holy water and leave the church. But the more I think about it, the more I see it as her silent testimony. Continue reading “Lenten Reflections”

For Wilshire Baptist Church

My work introduces me to interesting people, and last week it was Tom Hoitsma, a Dallas-based abstract expressionist artist. He’s a tall man at 6 feet 4 inches whose finished works are even bigger at up to eight feet by six feet – a size that involves not just his creative mind but his entire being. Continue reading “Head to Toe”

Twists and Turns

On a sunny spring morning a few years ago I had a cup of coffee with Cleo Holden, a wonderful friend of ours and the executive director of Friends of Olde Downtown Garland. We shared our mutual interest in historic preservation, but also the life events that brought her to Garland from Oak Cliff, and me from Dallas. She especially wanted to know how LeAnn and I met, and as I shared our story, I found myself marveling again at the twists and turns that brought us together. Continue reading “Lenten Reflections”