Bad Dream
It was 4:00 a.m. and I was shaken. It was just a dream, but it was a bad dream. Monica and I were at my class reunion. I went to get her something, and, when I returned to our table, she was gone. My reaction was anger – I was sure that she had left…
Winter Blahs
They hit me rather suddenly – seemingly out of nowhere, those nasty winter blahs! It may have been Sunday sometime. I know that by Monday morning, they were full throttle. And then, just as suddenly, sometime on Tuesday, they were gone. No complaints…
Caught Up in the Crazy
I doubt that it has ever happened to you, but it happened to me (again) Wednesday morning around 6:00 a.m. It started as I tried to merge onto I-94 at 21-Mile. No-one wanted to let me in until I forced myself between two sedans that were traveling about…
“God at Work?”
Monday went pretty much as I had hoped it would. I had great face-face conversations with two individuals who are joining the STL Mission Team and spent most of the rest of the day working with the STL staff as we jump into 2020. With many other personal…
R&R
There has been much conversation about the late Thanksgiving shortening the time to prepare for Christmas – and I get it – but right now I am enjoying what feels like extra downtime after Christmas because of that same spacing. These days between New…
Merry Christmas
Driving home from Taylor last night, we exited I-94 at Cadieux to drive by the lights on Jefferson. The Cadieux Café – and I think all the businesses – was closed for the holiday, which we were pleased to see. The lights, however, at various homes and…
One Week from Today
One week from today it will all be over. Christmas trees will start appearing on the curb, bagged up with Friday’s trash. Stores will be clearing out what remains of Christmas. The recovery process will start anew for many different people in many…
No Vacancy
Putting today’s month together with my topic, one might have the expectation that I will be talking about Luke 2 this morning. But I’m not. Instead my mind is focused way beyond that chapter, on Luke 11 – which contains more than a day’s worth of good…
Extra Milers
If I had to guess, I would say the tradition probably started in 1983 – a dozen Christmases before we came to STL. It has continued through all 25 Christmases since our arrival. Once again, the work began anew, for the 37th time, this week. What am I…
Thanks be to God
I woke up this morning thinking the day was Wednesday. What was peculiar about the thought is that I knew it was Thanksgiving – I just was not putting the two thoughts together! It was a few minutes after 7:30 when I finally connected…