We’ve been watching a Netflix series that has a character I adore. She’s the truthteller. She says what everyone is thinking…but is the only one with enough courage to say it. She’sRead More…
25Feb/21
18Feb/21
Hugging the Future
I started to call this little essay “Embracing the Future” but that sounds kind of boring. Besides, I don’t want to just embrace it. I want to hug it. I want toRead More…
11Feb/21
MY LIFE AS A CHRYSANTHEMUM
I’m a late bloomer…like a chrysanthemum. I seem to figure things out later than other people do…or maybe I never figure them out at all. When it comes to figuring God out,Read More…
04Feb/21
THE SHEPHERD
There’s a fascinating narrative in John chapter ten. Jesus was teaching some people using a sheep/shepherd analogy. Verse 27 says this: “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and theyRead More…
LEARNING HOW TO SEE
Do you ever wonder if you see the way others see? I mean, is the color orange that I see the same as what you see? How about “seeing” life? As theRead More…
PRESSING ON
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking about Philippians 3:14. “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on…” And then in about a thousand ways,Read More…
14Jan/21
CHOICES
Right now, we have choices. Choice #1 – To choose truth over lies. Historically, large numbers of people have trusted intentional liars. I’m not talking about occasional liars or those who makeRead More…
A LIMERICK FOR 2021
“There once was a year named TwentyWith illness and strife a-plentyWe tried to stay saneBut it was our baneA horrible year for so many. May Twenty-One come like a doveBringing peace, joyRead More…
SEE AMID THE WINTER’S SNOW
Sacred infant, all divine,What a tender love was thine,Thus to come from highest blissDown to such a world as this. I think the core message of Christmas is the Christ Child’s unconditionalRead More…
THE WEXFORD CAROL
Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss – The Wexford Carol (Video) – Bing video “Within a manger he was laidAnd by his side the virgin maidAttending on the Lord of lifeWho came on earthRead More…