by Debby Efurd | Jun 7, 2018 | The Second Mile
My mother was from the “old school.” It was apparent she loved her family, but ran a tight ship and an equally tight household. Growing up I learned “if you mess it up, clean it up,” “make up your bed and clean your room before coming to the breakfast table,”...
by Debby Efurd | Feb 7, 2018 | The Second Mile
A famous quotation of Albert Einstein says: “The world is too dangerous to live in-not because of the people who do evil, but because of the people who sit and let it happen.” I think you’ll agree there is plenty of evil in the world for all of us. Pick a topic, a...
by Debby Efurd | Jul 17, 2016 | The Second Mile
Over the past several months my head has been spinning with the number of terrorist attacks, mass killings, protests, police shootings, and, yes, presidential election coverage. Just this morning, another police shooting of multiple officers in Baton Rouge. I feel...
by Debby Efurd | Jan 30, 2016 | The Second Mile
I returned from Washington, D.C. last week to attend a dinner with 100 pastors in the court room where Roe v. Wade was signed into law in 1973. Attending this dinner held special meaning to me because that law affected my life profoundly as well as millions of...
by Debby Efurd | Oct 25, 2015 | The Second Mile
While living on this earth for any length of time, you will have pivotal moments. We all do. Pivotal moments are those times when the storms of life come crashing around us – death, divorce, health deterioration, financial or job loss, addictions, violence. The...