About Me

Hello Readers everywhere. My name is Carol.

Just so you know who is on the other side of what you read at Footnotes 2 Stories, I share stories chosen to enrich your life. I’m interested in stories. Everybody has a story.

Both reading and writing have helped me. Reading stimulates ideas. Writing makes ideas come alive.

Some of what I have learned comes from excellent teachers, from studying the Bible for decades, from books and films, as well as personal life experiences. These contribute to what you read on this website.

Besides 20 years in Bible Study Fellowship (BSF), 9 years as a Teaching Leader, I earned a Master’s degree in Media and Communication from Dallas Theological Seminary.

These days, I teach and speak where I am invited and in the process of teaching, I am taught.

The privilege of sharing ideas with others adds to my own insights, experiences, and viewpoint as I keep learning about life, other people, and myself.

Keep Learning Till You’re Gone

“You yourselves, you should always be modest; for, much as you know already, there is a great deal more for you to learn.”

JANE AUSTEN, Mansfield Park

You will find lots of footnotes to stories about values, faith, and truth because stories transmit ideas that help people better understand life and hopefully make better choices.

God himself uses story to communicate. Jesus told stories that give a biblical perspective on life––life’s meaning and ultimate purpose. God uses words. Jesus is the Word.

Though you and I coexist in the big, wide virtual world, I reach out to you wherever you live, thinking of you as readers who will come to feel as if you are heard, respected as a human being, and welcome here.

Your comments and engagement will help guide the direction of our conversations about life.

I write because I believe you are out there––as real as the people I write letters to and trust the US Mail to deliver. And I believe that as readers on this site you also care about stories that help you and me think about life. As we live it.