Childcare has come a long way
Here's another little snippet of the rough cut of "The Connie Maxwell Story" documentary I am working on. This segment is from early in...


What's a Rough Cut?
Embedded with this post is the latest rough cut from "The Connie Maxwell Story" documentary project. This cut contains two of the...


Time to Get Back to Work
The photo above shows J.H. Oulla and the first set of printer boys at the Connie Maxwell Orphanage standing in front of trays of type in...


Sources for The Connie Maxwell Story
Some of you who are regular readers of this blog may be interested in the sources being used for "The Connie Maxwell Story" documentary....


New Kid in Town
One of the ways in which God never ceases to amaze me is in how He prepares people to be in the right place at the right time to receive...


A Cow for Every Cottage
Although he was the first superintendent of the Connie Maxwell Orphanage, the Rev. J.L. Vass often seems overshadowed by others in Connie...


Enter the Baptists
I had long heard that it was an editorial by W.W. Keys, the editor of The Baptist Courier, that had spurred South Carolina Baptists on to...


An Uncivil War
Although the Connie Maxwell Orphanage did not open until 1892, the American Civil War unquestionably had an impact on its founding just...


Hope Out of Grief
This short segment of the rough cut of The Connie Maxwell Story will give you a small taste of the documentary as it is developing. This...


Join me in a special project
The story of Connie Maxwell Children's Home has long fascinated me. Born out of the tragedy of a little girl's death, this ministry in...

