Ronda Rich

Rich: How prayer works

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This is how prayer works: Tink and I were one hour into a seven-hour trip home from Memphis. I’d been on a book tour for two exhausting weeks and had a stomach bug, very rare for me.

Rich: Tellers of songs — part three

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Dolly Parton is, unquestionably, one of music’s best songwriters. Arguably, she is the best writer of the “girl singers,” as they were called in the 1960s, to come out of Nashville.

Rich: Tellers of songs - part two

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In 1949, a young North Carolina preacher decided to take his ministry to the streets of Los Angeles where he and his staff pitched a tent and waited for the people to come. A few did.

Rich: The Singer sewing machine

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Mama loved to sew and was remarkably gifted at it. She had the mountain people common sense which allowed her to decipher the most complicated situations.

Rich: More than worldly accomplishments

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In an old-fashioned diner in Staunton, Virginia, the four of us sat in a leather booth against a wall of windows. Over eggs and biscuits, we were having the kind of conversation that close friends enjoy between sips of coffee.

Rich: The photo of back then

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There is a photo that I discovered a couple of years ago and immediately I put it on the refrigerator, so I’d never forget who I am. Who I really am.

Rich: The river birch trees

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Three river birch trees surround our home. I planted them three years after I built this house. River birches are pretty trees. They grow long, toward the sky, and spread a beautiful canopy of shade. The trunks are interesting and artistic as the bark is constantly curling into pieces. The mint-colored leaves are smallish and they flitter lovely in the light breezes of Spring.