You know that awkward moment when someone is telling you a story about a his or herself or another person that involves a bad habit and you realize that even though the individual with whom you are speaking is clearly not talking about you…you wonder if you can relate to the story better than you’d … More Watch & Learn
When we meet Jesus in a way that makes us want to change our lives and center them around him instead of whatever else guides us, we can’t help but see where we are not living in line with what he wants for us. Reading through Proverbs and the difference between living wisely and living … More Living Wisely: Today is Enough
I texted someone 8 minutes ago and am slightly annoyed that she hasn’t told me the time of something on Thursday. I sent an email between that text and now and hope to hear back before this blog is posted so I can sign up for something. I get bored at traffic lights and wish … More The Speed of Wisdom
God’s timing, about which I wrote in a previous blog, is is a funny little thing. When I’m not thinking about it or wondering about it or hoping that it suddenly changes, I don’t notice it at all. It’s just there. Life is fine and dandy and things are working out. I don’t acknowledge it’s … More The Timing of Things: When it just doesn’t line up?
It was about 11 o’clock on a Thursday. My first appointment for the day was at 12:30 pm, about 3 miles south of where I live. I work at home, knew what I needed to get done before this and decided at what time I would need to leave to get to the post office, several … More The Timing of Things
On a trip to Kenya in 2005, our team of seven was hosted and guided by a family of six Americans who called this beautiful country their home. We spent some time in Nairobi at their house, worked with hundreds of missionary children and teenagers in Kijabe, met some long-distance runners in Nakuru and visited … More Asking for Directions
When your job calls for you to teach at least once a week at Sunday school or Bible study, it’s hard not to dig into the Scriptures regularly. It just is. It’d be like a sales person not having a cell phone or a programmer without a computer. The Bible is a resource that I … More Unexpected Forgiveness
King David was a big deal. If you’ve dabbled in church, ever read the Bible, his name is at least a little familiar. It’s one of those biblical celebrities that comes up in conversation easily in Christian circles and well-known in Judisam, as well. He’s referenced as a man after God’s own heart, was an … More Eavesdropping on some fatherly advice
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and early loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” … More LOVE: compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience & forgiveness
june. july. august. The shortest months but longest days of the year to most school children, filled with chasing fire flies, running after the ice cream truck, riding my pink, huffy dirt bike – with a dolly basket attached to the front for Rosie, of course – all over town and climbing trees for me. … More summer
20 years & 1000 words 