Clayton Lockett was a convicted murderer, a violent, cruel man. He shot a girl and buried her alive. Yes, that is horrific! This week Oklahoma botched his execution. After 45 minutes, he finally succumbed to a heart attack. This led… Continue reading

Ever notice how quickly a newly emptied closet fills up again? I clean off my desk, filing or tossing papers only to find it cluttered again in a day! A man told me that when he retired he thought that… Continue reading

Five women from a church we served in Massachusetts years ago, drove down to NJ to see Bev on Monday. They brought several dinners for our freezer, as well as smiles and hugs. They sat with her for four hours,… Continue reading

It was the end of a long day. I was beyond fatigue, my head ached. In the afternoon, word had come of yet another death in my circle of friends. Bev’s illness is an ever-present shadow that we do not… Continue reading

Thirty-one years ago, a call from the local police came to my church office asking if we could assist a woman and child who had no place to go, no one else to whom to turn for help.  Bev and… Continue reading

In marriage counseling I sometimes meet with couples who are more attached to their marriage than their mate! There is no spark of love between them, yet they profess to love each other. What I see as they talk is… Continue reading

A few days ago, I found myself singing an old song I learned in high school chorus (45 years ago!) – “Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew, Everything was ours, how happy we were then!”… Continue reading

Bev and I are walking through the deepest valley we have ever experienced together. Despite knowing better, I let myself wonder what we did to deserve this awful circumstance. The next stop on that ride is – ‘this is so… Continue reading

It is said that ‘seeing is believing,’ but that was not the experience of the disciples after the Resurrection. They struggled to make sense of it all for weeks. Luke says that even when Jesus stood among them, “They were… Continue reading

Resurrection Day brought all kinds of energy to ‘church.’ The sanctuary was full. We sang exuberantly, declaring our hope of life eternal. And that is as it ought to be. Now, is ‘the day after.’ Everybody has gone home, the… Continue reading