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 pairs… and where did I put those reading glasses?! And there are pills doled out at breakfast—Am I […]
“The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed…” and we wait…groaning inwardly, as we wait eagerly for our adoption—the redemption of these bodies…(Rom.8:19) these bodies—transient containers that give out… I sit in the Alzheimer’s ward babysitting (or was it visiting?) my dad. He’s 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 visit—stirring memories and names long unspoken—and when good-byes are said a kind of weary home-sickness settles in… 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. The outer man is decaying. The brain as a function of the physical body is wasting away. What is left? I have been mulling over these […]