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THE FOUNDER
Barbara I. Jones is a family law attorney by profession and a writer by passion. As a playwright, this US Air Force veteran has used the power of theatre to share the gospel and build community for over thirty years. Both on stage and off stage, Barbara's work often focuses on encouraging and edifying women. Barbara is the proud mother of three adult children, two of whom are also attorneys and one who is a writer. It appears the apples truly don’t fall far from the tree.
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Words Like Oil: The Meaning Behind the Phrase
The word soothe means to gently calm. It means to reduce pain or discomfort. It means to relieve or ease. These are the words that come to mind as I think of the story of the Good Samaritan. The Samaritan who came to the aid of the man who had been attacked by robbers poured oil on the injured man's wounds to soothe them. This was the beginning of the healing process. I pray that the words I write are like oil. I pray that they gently calm, reduce pain, provide relief, and lead to healing.
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man [or woman] who points out how the strong [woman] stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the [woman] who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends [herself] in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if [she] fails, at least [she] fails while daring greatly so that [her] place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
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Theodore Roosevelt
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