Our church is going to employ a person on the Pastoral staff. We advertised the position and received dozens of applications. Trying to discern who a person is by reading words on a page is no easy task. The standard… Continue reading

  This planet can be a big, lonely place.  It is not uncommon to awaken in the morning and wonder if any really cares about us, or if we are just a cog in the machine. Things happen that make… Continue reading

There is a story about catching monkeys using a coconut. Heard it?  A hole is cut in the side of the coconut which is then hollowed out. Food is placed inside and the coconut is then left where a monkey… Continue reading

While riding with a friend last week we were treated to a double rainbow after a rainstorm. I joked, “It must be a sign. What is God saying to us?”  Then, just as quickly, laughing I said, “Sure, it is… Continue reading

Occasionally I receive notes from people thanking me for helping them find their way. They usually go something like this – “Your teaching has changed me. I value the example I see in you.”  I am encouraged by notes like that.… Continue reading

  A beautiful young woman in the prime of her life was murdered by a predator, her death brutal and ugly. To that horrible man, she was not a person, she was a ‘thing’ to be used and discarded in… Continue reading

No question about it… life can be disappointing, down right heart-breaking.  Life’s moments include the trivial irritants like broken appliances and the crushing blows of death. Some people become joyless, cynical – even hateful – creatures who spread darkness. Others… Continue reading

I walked away from the stove for a moment to check on something and forgot that I had the burner turned up high. When I heard the sizzling sound of liquid meeting flame I quickly returned to find a mess,… Continue reading

“What an idiot!” How many times have you dismissed another with that kind of assessment? “I just don’t know how anybody in her right mind could do that!”  With those kinds of dismissive words, we judge; often without really knowing… Continue reading

  Emotions… are presently my close companions, coming from my wounded heart, that still bleeds.  Since Bev’s death sorrow has been just a smell, a song, a memory away.  But, truthfully, so is joy. I look out this morning over… Continue reading