Simple Discoveries
This week, as I have been visiting people, I have been taking a quick look at Psalm 23 with them. It is likely one of the most familiar and beloved chapters of the entire Bible. The other day, after an individual and I had walked through it together –…
Winning Streak
“Winning streak! What winning streak are you talking about? You cannot call the Tigers winning one game any kind of a winning streak.” While you are definitely right from that perspective, consider for a moment Edwin Jackson. Last night, in his 17th…
Closet Catastrophe
It must have happened somewhere in the middle of the night, and it seems like it should have made a noticeable sound. There were three of us sleeping close by in the condo at the time. But no one heard a thing! It was yesterday morning. I walked into our…
Mysterious Discoveries
On my vacation reading list was a book by N.T. Wright that I had read before. Repeated searches for it on all of my bookshelves at church and at home were unsuccessful, so I sent out an email to see if I had loaned it to someone. But the book was not to…
Powerless Adventure
Saturday was hot. We were fortunate enough to spend the day in some friends’ pool. After a family barbeque we came home a little before 7:00. Admiral’s Cove was dark. And so it remained the rest of the night, and all of Sunday, and all of…
Amazing
We were meeting with Monica’s old work friends from over 35 years ago. The last we had been together was a little over two years previous. Since the Royal Oak Brewery worked well then, we decided to meet there again. It was 6:00 p.m. when we…
Rebuilding
The Red Wings, I think, are closer to the playoffs than the Tigers, but both are in a rebuilding mode. The Tigers appear to be on the fast track for the number one overall draft pick next spring. Stevie Y has brought new hope to Hockey Town. And I think,…
Vacation Mode
Yes, I probably should be thinking more about the great things our forefathers did over 200 years ago than I am … but I’m on vacation, and that puts me into a totally different mode! So let me say that I truly do appreciate our country – its…
Logistics
For a long time I was confused when semis had the term “logistics” on their doors. The word sounded so much like “statistics” I figured it had to be something related to mathematics, and I never really thought of truck…
Exciting Peace
The weather on Wednesday was warm and welcoming, and the evening just the same. But here came the entire class – save one – arriving just as they had for the eight weeks prior – with smiles on their faces and eager to learn. Financial…