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

A few days ago I learned of the miraculous healing of cancer in someone’s life. My reaction shocked me. Instead of rejoicing in the blessing, I felt angry and envious- “Why him?  Why not Bev?” It seems like an innocent… Continue reading

Three years ago, I told Bev that I wanted to replace the tiny chip of diamond that I had bought for her when we were engaged to marry back in 1974.  The jewelry store advertised a day when they would… Continue reading

On my lunch break I drove to the cemetery to plant the flowers that had been placed on Bev’s grave during Easter.  Sometime during the coming weekend I plan to return to seed the plot and to put mulch around… Continue reading

Despair looks to overtake us. Our youthful optimism gradually meets the realities of life. There is no escaping the fact of death and decay. Everything deteriorates with time. Cars rust. Gardens go to weeds. Bodies age. Systems break down. Empires… Continue reading

Right there next to the highway, I spotted ‘the’ truck. “Ah, why not?” I told myself, “Just take a look.”  Up close it was even more attractive, a nice Ford F150 with all the right kinds of options. I felt… Continue reading

Is there a beauty, a compelling quality to your Christianity? Do you live joyfully, authentically, openly? Is there a bedrock conviction about the things of God that wraps around your experiences – good and bad – that steadies you?  That… Continue reading

Holidays are often followed by a genuine letdown. For weeks, we have planned the things that make the Easter weekend special- family gathering, getting some new clothing, our kid’s excitement. We sang “Christ, the Lord, Is Risen Today” proclaiming our… Continue reading