Posted January 21, 2017 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
His friend was very Irish, so he called him “The Leprechaun.”
One day he teased him: “If you’re a leprechaun, where’s your pot of gold?”
At that moment, they both stopped and looked around at the splendor of their beautiful lakeside residence and a profound knowingness came over the two of […]
Posted January 14, 2017 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
The drug store she worked in carried the local newspaper. One evening, as she was getting ready to go home, she went to the front of the store and opened the paper.
Turning to the back page, she said to a co-worker, “I just wanted to check to see if my mother-in-law’s obituary […]
Posted January 7, 2017 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She was at a picnic with some of her church friends when she was drawn to a beautiful autumn tree. She spontaneously walked over and gave it a hug.
Then suddenly she felt a strong urge to tell the Bible story of Zacchaeus, a tax collector. A short man, wanting to see […]
Posted December 31, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
She just needed to get outside. Needed some time alone. She went to the farm and walked in the woods.
She hated seeing trash in the stream. Some of the woods had been select cut four years earlier. Now so many saplings had grown up she could barely walk in some parts. […]
Posted December 24, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
It was Christmas day. She drove her new car to her parents’ home. As she parked near the barn, she said, “I don’t want to park here and have somebody hit my new car.”
She moved the car across the street next to the house, but that did not feel right, so […]
Posted December 17, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
His friend had died of a drug overdose.
The day after the wake, he found a dime in his suit jacket pocket.
Two days later, on the way home he had chills and goosebumps and his friend’s photo fell off the visor in his car.
The next day he found […]
Posted December 10, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
He missed his mom since she had passed, but he thought of her often, and this day he also thought of his mom’s good friend.
Within minutes, his mom’s friend called to tell him she had just found a Crow feather standing in her yard. Crow was one of her dear friend’s […]
Posted December 3, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
When I was 28 years old, I told myself that I wanted to be in a place to “retire” by the time I was 35 years old.
My goal was to be free and offer my “work” to the world.
I got released from my job exactly at 35 years plus one […]
Posted November 26, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
The family was all meeting with the pastor to plan his mother’s eulogy. “In some cultures it is common for the spirit of the loved one to visit. Although that is not as well recognized in our culture, I hope you will remain open to the possibility that she will visit.”
“She […]
Posted November 19, 2016 in Sacred Stories By Debra Basham Sacred Stories
Imagine the chaos that erupted when bats began showing up inside resident rooms at the senior living complex…
Intentional about bringing a deeper sense of things to every experience of life, she suggested to her colleague that they look up the symbolic meaning of bat in Medicine Cards.
Her colleague […]
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