Fun Times
Fun Times can be packaged in many different ways. Something can be enjoyable without being amusing. Pleasure can be found outside the realm of frivolity. In fact some of the most pleasurable moments are often experienced while serving or even…
Little Things
It seems as though lately I have frequently been more sensitive to little things – perhaps I should really be calling them “little blessings” – in lots of different ways. Sometimes it is in the narratives I am reading in the Scriptures. Other times it…
Looking Back
While I have no recollection of ever being worried about things, finances were quite tight for us during the early years of marriage and church work. Looking back, it is fun piecing together the little stories of God’s provision and grace. We live in…
Baked Potatoes
Potatoes, as they come out of the field, are not much to look at. They are an ugly brown, covered with dirt, and unshapely. The “good ones” are rock hard. Many have odd looking things projecting out from the main part of the body. I wonder who ever…
And the Lion!
As the snow covered our lawn and driveway this past Friday, my mind was on Opening Day for the Detroit Tigers – which happens to be today in Chicago. Fortunately we have another week for the landscape to warm-up before the Home Opener on April 5. And,…
Not So Smooth
We are still watching “Heartland” reruns on UpTV. We recently went through what seemed like an entire season in which one of the sub-plots was the pending engagement of Ty and Amy. Early in the season Ty bought the ring and had an evening set up for…
Lion and/or Lamb?
Tomorrow is March 1st, and the age-old question is, “Will it come in like a lion or a lamb?” The forecasts I have seen call for the weather to be dry and cool. We may even see the sun poke its head out of the clouds in the middle of the day. That…
Struggles
This week I visited a lady at a nursing home whom I had never met before. She is about 20 years older than I, and it sounded like she had been a resident of the home for a good many years. She was confined to a wheelchair and spoke with a voice so soft…
Timing, Part 2
February 15, 2024 I will guess the conversation started around Labor Day, but to be honest, it was so long ago I really have no clue. The issue was an unstable looking tree on our neighbor’s empty lot at Houghton Lake. He was working on a plan to cut…
Timing
It had all of the appearance of just being fortunate timing. Monica and I had attended different Sunday morning churches with specific responsibilities. Around 1:00 p.m. she returned to our condo with our oldest granddaughter, Brooklyn. The three of…