Dead Opener
The Tigers looked dead in their opener … and I’m not just talking about the first game, but the entire series. Many were lamenting – perhaps myself included – that this year was going to be worse than the previous, even though those three games covered…
Season Opener
If my math is correct, today is Season Opener #123 for the Detroit Tigers. Our son, Joel, and I, though we are members of the “elite” 1901 Society, will not be there … because the Tigers’ Season Opener this year is in Tampa Bay. One might say that we…
Overwhelming Love
This past Sunday, on the way out of worship, a visitor said to me, “There sure is a lot of love in this place.” My reply was something like, “Yes, there certainly is.” I could have gone on to say, “And my, how great it is to see it being sent in so…
Yesterday … and Tomorrow
“Yesterday” (the song) was released by the Beatles in 1965. While today I am thinking about many “yesterdays”, I am not really singing the lyrics to this song. “Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they’re here to…
Winding Up … or Down?
So, which is it? Is it winding things up or is it winding things down? As I am writing this, I am coming to the conclusion that it is a combination of the two – or at least I hope so. Maybe it’s similar to watches in the “pre-battery” days. You wound…
Heartland
At some point early in the pandemic Monica and I binge-watched a series on Netflix called “Heartland”. We think it was my brother and his late wife who introduced us to it. To this day we are still hooked. We are currently recording and watching…
Snow
Other than a white – and windy – Christmas, the Detroit area has been pretty much snow-free for the first third of our winter. That was, until yesterday. The forecast when I went to bed on Tuesday was for the snow to start around 8:00 a.m., but when I…
Looking Back
With retirement a month from today, I am reflecting back on some of the formative times when the narrative began. Monica and I grew up in the same church and met when the three one-room schools were consolidated into the new building. It was in…
Five Firsts
No, I am not talking about a bank … that would be Fifth Third – whatever that means. And I am not even talking about first-time experiences for me. I am talking about five different individuals who all reached out to STL for the first time this past…
Everlasting to 2023
to Everlasting
There are two psalms that I regularly use in my morning devotions. The verses I recite almost daily come from David after the prophet Nathan confronted him regarding Bathsheba.