Diane Staudte was quietly respectable; the organist for her church, a registered nurse – and she is a murderer!  First, she killed her husband, then her son, and finally attempted to murder her daughter.  The story is stunning, shocking, evil… Continue reading

We love to tell our stories, don’t we? Stories teach. They warn, encourage, enlighten, and entertain. Our stories reveal who we are and what we love. Stories connect us. When I take the time to listen to a conversation, a… Continue reading

Every time I see the concrete slabs of a sidewalk heaved by the roots of a growing tree, I am amazed.  When I pick up a rock worn smooth by water running over it, it is cause for wonder. Each… Continue reading

The man stepped into the middle of the highway, held up his hand, and the flow of traffic stopped! How could one person have that kind of control?  Why not just drive around him? After all, he could not physically… Continue reading

It is hard for me to ask for help. Perhaps pride is an issue and I think I can handle life on my own. But, an even greater issue is being ‘polite.’  I think to myself, “If I ask them,… Continue reading

Are you intimidated by prayer? Many Christians talk about prayer but far fewer actually pray in any meaningful way.  Could it be that we misunderstand what it means to ‘pray?’ I have seen people do many things, all the while… Continue reading

I was standing in the congregation quietly worshiping with the musicians. We clapped along when they played an old gospel song, praised when we celebrated God’s goodness with “10,000 reasons for my heart to find.” Then, they turned to a… Continue reading

The human body is amazing, but it can be weakened by tiny parasites, living organisms that take nutrients from it. Mosquitos draw blood and sometimes leave behind disease, viral or bacterial. Worms can live in our intestinal tract.  Fleas and… Continue reading

Breakfast alone is not a big deal. Lunch is sometimes just a quick bite of food on the run or at my desk. But, dinner – that different.  The evening meal was always, until 3 months ago, a communal thing… Continue reading

Don’t you just love the kind of laugh that overtakes you and won’t let go? Each time you think about the thing that brought you such joy, the laughter returns. Hanging with friends with a rich sense of humor is… Continue reading