January 30, 2026 | Daniel L. Segraves, Ph.D.

My mother was born on January 30, 1926, in Judsonia, Arkansas. Her father, Joe Luther Hodge, was twenty-five years old at the time. Her mother, Ruth Jane Hodge, whose maiden name was Stephens, was twenty. Both of them had been born in Arkansas.

After my wife Judy and I had lived in Stockton, California, for 25 years, we decided to return to the area of St. Louis, Missouri. I was born in St. Louis, and we had lived and worked in the St. Louis metropolitan area for fifteen years before moving to Stockton.

My father, Glen Segraves, passed away on November 5, 2001, at the age of 76. He and Mom had their home in Stockton, and she retained her home there after Dad’s death. When Judy and I decided to make our move, I knew Mom needed to go with us. She was 81 at the time.

I approached the subject with Mom by asking, “If you had the choice to live anywhere else, where would it be?”

I was sure she would say, “Missouri!” After all, Mom and Dad had lived in Kennett, Missouri while pastoring there from 1959 until 1968, when they moved to London, Ontario, Canada to pioneer a church. Dad was born near Dexter, Missouri, and he and Mom were living in St. Louis when I was born in 1946, just after World War II. After spending three years in London, they had returned to Missouri where Dad served as pastor in Dexter for fourteen years.

So I expected Mom to choose Missouri. In retrospect, I should have realized she would say, “Arkansas!” That’s where her roots were. She was born there, as were her parents.

I wanted Mom to have the freedom to choose where she would live out her life. But I had to let her know Judy and I were moving back to Missouri. I had already committed to serve on the faculty of Urshan Graduate School of Theology, and it was not located anywhere in Arkansas.

Mom was brave and cheerful. With no complaints, she made the move with us.

The following pictures capture glimpses of “Moments in Time” from my mother’s life. I am grateful to Susan, my wife, and Becky Christman, Susan’s daughter, for their diligent work in arranging this presentation and helping me preserve these glimpses into Mom’s life.

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January 2, 2026 | Daniel L. Segraves, Ph.D.

At the start of this new year, many people begin their annual practice of reading through the Holy Bible. Susan and I are among those who do this each year.

Some of the statements appearing early in the Scriptures puzzle those who haven’t read them for a while. For example, Genesis 1:26: “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness … ‘” (NKJV) and Genesis 3:22: “Then the LORD God said, ‘Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil'” (NKJV).

On August 8, 2018, I posted an article dealing with these verses along with Genesis 11:7 and Isaiah 6:8. If you have questions about these verses, you can find the article by searching this blog for the title “Let Us Make Man.”

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