Author Archives: Chris Baker

*Written in May of 2020 – Junior went to heaven to be with Jesus and his brother Steve in January 2021 This last weekend, I sat with a friend, Junior, and we watched his brother’s memorial service online.  Steve passed away suddenly of COVID in April. Let me tell you, it was beautiful to hearContinue reading “IS MY ANTENNA UP?”

I got married the same weekend I graduated high school, so I was a young bride.  Benny worked for SPS in Levelland, and I started working a couple months later.  It took time for us to gather furniture and build our home.  For the first summer we were married we didn’t have a washer and dryer,Continue reading “VIEW FROM THE LAUNDROMAT WINDOW”

Have you ever been required to prove that you are who you say you are?  The other day I heard a podcast about a website that is for pastor wives only, so I registered for it.  I woke up this morning to an odd email waiting in my inbox.  This was part of the content: Continue reading ““YOU SAID…””

When Sierra decided to get an apartment in Lubbock last January, all kinds of scenarios went through mine and Benny’s minds about what could happen to a beautiful young lady living in an apartment in the city alone.  We have lived in the same small community, in the same house, on the same piece of land forContinue reading “FLIPPIN’ THE RING OFF”

*UPDATED– Originally posted January 29, 2019 **For those who have joined us since 2019 **But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. Luke 15:20 Benny remembers his grandmother, Gommy, waitingContinue reading “WHY “ON THE PORCH”??”

February 25, 2021 ON THE PORCH BACK FROM MY SELAH Wow.  My selah was longer than I intended, but life kept speeding by me at an alarming rate.  At times I felt like I was on a merry go round, and all I could do was hold on for dear life.  Since my last ONContinue reading “BACK FROM MY SELAH”

“Selah” is a mysterious word. It is used 74 times in the Word, and still the meaning of the word is unknown. Many scholars believe they have a true sense of the word, but not all of them totally agree. Here are some interpretations I have found: Musicians lean to a selah being an instrumentalContinue reading “TAKING A SELAH”

JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS ONE IS PREACHING TO THE PREACHER’S WIFE… ORIGINALLY POSTED MAY 23, 2019 Rest For The Weary There is rest for the wearyAnd there’s strength for the weak,That is what God offersTo those who humbly seek For it’s only in the seekingThat we will surely findRest for our weary bodiesAnd peaceContinue reading “IN DAD’S BED”

ON THE PORCHDROP THE POO! Our pup Wicket loves to collect “treasure,” especially from the walks down our dirt road. Coyotes come through there and leave appetizing presents. A couple months ago, she somehow made it into the house unnoticed with a piece of poo. She buried it behind our couch pillows, her favorite hidingContinue reading “DROP THE POO!!”

A few nights ago, I dreamed that I finally found an empty bed.  Mind you, it was a display model on a showroom floor, but I didn’t care.  I was exhausted and it was too inviting.  In my dream, I watched myself lying there asleep with my foot sticking out from the edge of theContinue reading “I KNOW THAT TATTOO!!”