Never before have I lost my glasses. They’ve always been stuck to my face, ever since the third grade when I crept into class that first day with my new cat-eye glasses. But now, there are multiple pairsā¦ and where did I put those reading glasses?! And there are pills doled out at breakfastāAm I […]
Ā Ā āThe creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealedā¦ā and we waitā¦groaning inwardly, as we wait eagerly for our adoptionāthe redemption of these bodiesā¦(Rom.8:19) these bodiesātransient containers that give outā¦ I sit in the Alzheimerās ward babysitting (or was it visiting?) my dad. Ā Ā Ā Heās sacked […]
Have you noticed how good things always come to pass. Long-awaited but so quickly past? Old friends from far-away and long-ago come to visitāstirring memories and names long unspokenāand when good-byes are said a kind of weary home-sickness settles inā¦ Not a longing for any physical place. Not a longing earth can satisfy–but a longing […]
When a strong, hard-working and talented craftsman sits slumped in mental confusion unable to fasten a snap or string two thoughts together into meaningful speech, the reality is clear.Ā The outer man is decaying.Ā The brain as a function of the physical body is wasting away.Ā What is left? I have been mulling over these […]