Dr. Rebekah McCloud One summer I worked at a Girl Scout camp. It was a wilderness camp. It had no inside plumbing and no electricity. One morning on the path to the shower, I saw an animal I had never seen before. The animal walked like it owned the path. As I got closer, I Read More …

By Dr. Rebekah McCloud This Christian journey is not always a walk in the park, smooth sailing or a drive on a straight, flat road. Momma would say that you cannot always lie back on “flowery beds of ease.” My dad would say, “Every day is not Sunday. Sometimes you have a hard row to Read More …

By Dr. Rebekah McCloud The UCF campus is home to scores of Sandhill cranes. These are big brown birds that are 3-5 feet tall and weight 6-15 pounds. The first few times I saw them walking, I was afraid. One day I was going back to my office after a meeting. It had rained so Read More …

By Dr. Rebekah McCloud I’m still going through Momma’s things. She had a lot of stuff; including things older than me. Every now and then I come across a box on which she’d written, “Becky, go through this.” A couple of weeks ago, some of the grandkids came over to give me a hand. I Read More …

By Dr. Rebekah McCloud I believe God still speaks to people. There are 680 references in the Bible about the voice of God. The Bible says in Matthew 11:15, “Whoever has ears, let him hear.” Do we hear the Lord? We might…sometimes, half of the time, always, never; you choose. Sometimes we hear him loud Read More …

By Dr. Rebekah McCloud Purple is my favorite color. When I was a teenager, the first things I bought with my first paycheck was a purple dress and purple shoes. My first car was purple. My room was purple, even now I have a purple comforter set for my bedroom. Two of my favorite books Read More …

By Dr. Rebekah McCloud When my grandson Kevin was a little boy, he loved everything dinosaur. He thought that every time we went to the store, he had to come back with a dinosaur. He usually did. One day, I went to the dollar store. I was a woman on a mission, I had a Read More …

By Dr. Rebekah McCloud My momma often got things tangled up, twisted up, but was sure she was right. One day I came home from work and Momma told me, “Ben got a job with the one-armed man.” “Momma, who is this one-armed man? What kind of job did Ben get?” I asked. “Becky, don’t Read More …

By Dr. Rebekah McCloud In October 1964, the most historic concert of all time was held in Santa Monica, California. The show featured popular performers of the time including Marvin Gaye, the Beach Boys, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles and Leslie Gore, to name a few. There were three headliners: Read More …

By Dr. Rebekah McCloud When I was in high school, my English teacher told us there were four words we needed to eliminate from our vocabulary—so, many, little and thing. She said they didn’t add anything to a conversation or a description. They are fluff and filler words. I’d like to offer two words I Read More …