Escaping the Rut
I fell into a rut a few weeks ago – perhaps even many weeks ago. I think the minimal face-face contact with people was getting to me. I started contacting a few people to make a couple home visits but had to really push myself just to “dial” the phone.…
An Age of Outrage
It is dangerous – I know – to comment on a book, but I am over halfway through it, so I am willing to take the risk. The book is “Christians in the Age of Outrage – How to bring our best when the world is at its worst”. The author is Ed Stetzer, the…
Searching
New month – new topic – new approach – searching for a renewed attitude! Tuesday was one of the more frustrating days I have had in a long time. It felt like I ran into roadblocks at every turn – most (but certainly not all) coming during my efforts to…
Tough Talks
There are usually a few snickers in the room when I tell people that I played varsity football in high school. The laughter becomes much more pronounced when I say that I was a starting offensive lineman on a Class B team with a winning record (2-3…
Blinds
The repairman arrived at our condo, ready to replace the broken cord on our verticals, but the cord he brought was not the right one – so we are still struggling with opening and closing them on a daily basis. … Even though the number of hunters in our…
Chilling Nuance
We walked past a cottage the other day. The name the family had given to it was the “Shady Nook”. While it is most likely that they chose this name because they view their place as a cool corner where the family comes to escape the summer heat, my mind…
Slave or Free
37 years ago today, my day started out at St. John Hospital on Moross. Somewhere around 7:00 a.m. our second son, Joel, was born. A few hours later I was at the Belle Isle Conservancy officiating a wedding. In between I picked up our older son,…
Good Grief
I am not sure how many of you are old enough to remember Charlie Brown (or is this similar to asking if you remember Ernie Harwell?) – but he was famous for saying, “Good grief!”. While I am not quite sure what Charlie Brown meant whenever he said,…
Backfire!
I am what you might call the antithesis of a mechanical wizard or small engine expert. I have no clue as to what causes an engine to backfire or how to remedy the situation. However, when my lawnmower or anything else run by a small gas engine…
Faithfulness
Many years ago, a wise old gentleman said to me, “Faithfulness is a long journey in the same direction.” My, how I have been thinking about that over these last few months. I was all geared up to handle the pandemic through June – even July, but now it…