Day Off
Last week was a pretty busy week – any time you add a funeral service into the mix, the calendar tends to bet a little bit crowded. Tuesday evolved into a longer day than usual – it happens when one’s wife gets sick on a day that starts with the dentist…
A Week in the Life
They say things tend to go in spurts. In an NBA game a 20-point lead can evaporate in minutes. It is easier to win game seven in a winning streak than game two. Funerals often come in threes. I think I just may be in the midst of one of those spurts…
Authentic
It has been a long time – at least according to my limited memory – since we have had a January like this. Overnight temperatures in single digits on a regular basis, and it is not even supposed to reach 20 degrees until this weekend. And when was the…
The Long and Winding …
I wonder if anything special occurred on Sunday night in the lives of the people in the 100-plus car pileup they were in on the west side of our state on Monday morning? I wonder how they are all doing today after their long and winding event on…
January in the D!
I got up a little after 5:00 a.m. yesterday to take my walk and the weather was beautiful. The temperature was about 40 degrees. The breeze was practically non-existent. I found myself over-dressed, even with my light-weight gloves. And, by the time…
Old Notes with New Thoughts
The worst time in being stuck in a rut is when one does not realize one is. It is that time when we keep doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. The real danger is that the rut easily can start to feel like “home”. When…
BLEST COMMUNICATIONfor a BLESSED CHRISTMAS
In my mind, CHRISTMAS is all about COMMUNICATION – God telling the world how important we are to him, how much he values us. John 1.14 tells us, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the…
Undercover Action
A few days later I stopped by Bethlehem to ask the secretary for her assistance. However, even though it was during their posted office hours, no one answered the door. Assuming she was out for lunch, I decided to return on another day.
Snowflakes
I’m sitting at the kitchen table in our cottage on Wednesday morning, watching the snowflakes gently floating down from the sky. I hear that many schools in the Detroit area are closed. Winter has arrived early this year.
Little Things
As we enter into this last month of 2025 – and the first weeks of the new church year – my mind is on a bunch of “little things” … and how so many “little things” make a “BIG DIFFERENCE” in the “long run”.