Author Archives: Becky Dingle

About Becky Dingle

I was born a Tarheel but ended up a Sandlapper. My grandparents were cotton farmers in Laurens, South Carolina and it was in my grandmother’s house that my love of storytelling began beside an old Franklin stove. When I graduated from Laurens High School, I attended Erskine College (Due West of what?) and would later get my Masters Degree in Education/Social Studies from Charleston Southern. I am presently an adjunct professor/clinical supervisor at CSU and have also taught at the College of Charleston. For 28 years I taught Social Studies through storytelling. My philosophy matched Rudyard Kipling’s quote: “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Today I still spread this message through workshops and presentations throughout the state. The secret of success in teaching social studies is always in the story. I want to keep learning and being surprised by life…it is the greatest teacher. Like Kermit said, “When you’re green you grow, when you’re ripe you rot.”

In a Nut Shell… Life is all about Love

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: I, sometimes, have to laugh at humanity for making life so much more complicated than God ever intended. Here we were given a beautiful world, a paradise, and all we had to do to maintain it was simply … Continue reading →

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The Addiction of Busyness

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Becky Dingle

              Dear Reader: Anne Lamotte tells the following Indian fable: I often remember the story from India of a beggar who sat outside a temple, begging for just enough every day to keep body … Continue reading →

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Joy is not the Absence of Conflict or Crisis; It is the Presence of God

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: Frederick Buecher once said; “The story of one of us is the story of us all.” (If I am telling a story and I begin to notice people in the audience nodding their heads and smiling…then I smile … Continue reading →

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When the Vastness of the Universe Becomes Too Vast

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: The ancients, like us modern folks, loved nothing more than to throw their heads back and revel in a starry night and the vastness of the universe, as they knew it, in wonder. I spent many a childhood … Continue reading →

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“In the Bleak Mid-Winter”

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: At first glance the bare-limbed Bradford Pear, in my front yard, might appear “bleak” but if you take a moment longer to study it, you will find a bright surprise…there is one red leaf still left on the … Continue reading →

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Just Because…

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Becky Dingle

                Dear Reader: I think the transition after the holidays with a long (usually cold) January awaiting….leaves us all a little less joyful, perhaps, than we were with the anticipation of Christmas and … Continue reading →

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“God’s First Language is Silence…”

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: Kate-Wolfe Jenson, in her latest blog, provided this famous quote that I love: GOD’S FIRST LANGUAGE IS SILENCE. EVERYTHING ELSE IS A TRANSLATION. – Thomas Keating As I went to re-decorate the Franklin Stove yesterday….after removing the Christmas … Continue reading →

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The Missing Ornament…

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: A definite God Wink took place yesterday. Here we are just barely with our toe in the door opening of 2016 and a God Wink has already befallen  me. Like most of the mornings recently, yesterday appeared pretty … Continue reading →

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This Year – “Be the Light”!

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Becky Dingle

        Dear Reader: Don’t we love being around people who can light up a room simply by entering it? These are people who keep a sparkle in their eyes, an amused look on their faces like they … Continue reading →

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“Look, I’m Making All Things New”

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Becky Dingle

Dear Reader: It’s here, the first day of January, the first day of the new year-2016! Isn’t there such a clean feeling about starting over again with a new year in wait? It’s like smelling a recently cleaned kitchen floor … Continue reading →

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