It’s the time of year for Christmas letters, time to re-cap what has transpired month-by-month in our lives. Births and deaths, weddings and vacations, accomplishments and happy memories. Meanwhile we relegate the sad, the bad, and the hopeless to wait in the closet till the Christmas letters are signed and mailed, or till we’ve pressed […]
“I shall not die, but I shall live– and recount the deeds of the LORD” Ps.117:17 The text message history tells all: Nov.20, 4:43 PM ”We crashed” ”Help” …with many exchanges to follow with each of our five children and especially the one nearest at hand: “Hello Joshua?! We crashed.” Darkness had fallen earlier than […]
I am learning something about free time. It is not the missing magic ingredient that will automatically free us to make all our long-held dreams and ambitions come true. “If only I had time I would…” Really? What uncharted amounts of ‘free’ time do is call our bluff. Perhaps you know how it is… When […]
The little guy sat among all those adults coloring while the preacher preached. He was only six but his parents thought the whole family should sit in church together– whether they ‘got’ everything that was said or not. So, here he was, coloring as Pastor Roger laid out his theme… God treasures our sacrificial love. […]
I’ve finished reading three books in the last month or so–one by a fledgling Christian author not yet 30 years old, another by a long-time bestselling author, now dead, who didn’t begin writing till he was 40. [The third, by an acclaimed novelist I had never read–but that story will keep for another time.] Each […]