Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024. There's going to be some changes around here starting next month as we move to Substack and become The Redbud Hyphen. Our guild president, Dorina Lazo-Gilmore Young will be telling you more about that soon. Meanwhile, we want to look...
Letter From the Editor
As we approach the holiday season, the word “joy” will be more prominent as we celebrate Jesus, who brought joy to the world. As you read this issue and contemplate the writers’ words, consider your won definition of “joy.”
Letter From the Editor
As our writers take on the topic of The Contemplative Life this month, ask yourself how you can be more intentional about your soul care today.
Letter From the Editor
What would you do if you didn’t have to worry about money?
Letter From the Editor
There is so much to be loved, and if all truth is God’s truth—and I believe that it is—then God reveals parts of himself in all things.
Letter From the Editor
My husband and I have had a disagreement for our entire 30+-year relationship. It’s over the pronunciation of the word “coupon.” He says, “kyoopon,” and I say, “koopon.” Maybe it can be attributed to the fact that we’re from diverse parts of the United States, but in...
Letter From the Editor
This month, our Redbud writers share the books that have changed them. It might be one in particular, or it might be many that have shaped them over the course of their life. These stories are raw and revealing, transparent and touching. Hold them gently.
Letter From the Editor
Earth is the only physical place we have to call home. God’s call is to take care of it.
Letter From the Editor
Dear Friends, I don’t really consider myself to have a green thumb. I love plants and keep many around my house—as long as I can keep my cats from chewing on them—and our yard is filled with foliage. But every once in awhile, something dies, and I don’t have a clue...
Letter From the Editor
I think of Jesus and the lesson of the widow’s mite. What she thought was so little could be mightily used by God.