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…
Tough Loss
Yes, I watched every one of the Lions’ playoff games – almost every minute of every game. It felt really good to beat Matthew Stafford (whom I still like) and the Rams. And then it felt even better to win again the next week. Wow – those crowds at…
The Three P’s
No, I am not referencing a TV commercial targeted at people my age … and, with last week’s “By G through F” in mind, I am not working on any sort of Alphabet Soup. Rather, I am going through another basic catechetical thought as a means of reminding…
By G Thru F
How about those Lions?! What a great and exciting victory over Matthew Stafford (I’m still a fan) and the LA Rams. And now they are six-point favorites to win again … and if the Packers can pull another upset … Oh, the possibilities. I hear that…
Happy New Year!
Is it Thursday already!? As I sit down at the keyboard this noon, I am thinking it is Wednesday and that I am ahead of schedule. Then I looked at the calendar and realized today is Thursday – which I should have known because of the two places I…
Missing Out
I officiated a wedding this past Saturday. The couple chose their wedding date to be12.23.23, and not the 12.31.23 that a record setting number of other couples have chosen as this year ends. Many times over the weekend I thought of them having their…
A Christmas Story
This Story for Christmas comes compliments of my cousin, Tim Hetzner, the (semi-retired) Ambassador for Spiritual Growth for Lutheran Church Charities of Chicago. This was from his daily email devotion of yesterday. As you read it, the suggestion is…
Let’s Get Ready
With Christmas less than two weeks away … and the number of “advent” calendars that actually talk about Advent decreasing … I suggest we do a little something together this week that is actually geared toward preparing our hearts for the coming (advent)…