“Talk is cheap” so goes the phrase meaning that what a person says is made worthless if not matched with actions. We all like that person who follows through on his promises, don’t we?  I recently purchased new windows for… Continue reading

Skipp was a former pastor, by most accounts a good and tender shepherd but his life had changed completely.  When I knew him he was an active opponent of all things “Christian.” He even wrote a book about the reversal… Continue reading

It’s Monday!  We are starting a new week. It’s the beginning of December, the sprint to the end of the year: finishing up those projects, getting the books ready to close … and yes, we are just three weeks from… Continue reading

Are you anticipating Christmas? It is the most anticipated holiday on our annual calendar. Kids start to dream about Christmas gifts in October. Decorations appear in many places weeks in advance. Christians observe the season of Advent, remembering the arrival… Continue reading

“One man’s junk is another’s treasure!”  The saying is a simple way of recognizing our very different values. One person values a newer car, another her clothing. One person is driven to accumulate money, another spends lavishly. One loves lots of… Continue reading

The process of harvest fascinates me. In recent weeks I have pulled my car to the side of the road a couple of times to watch the farmer’s amazing machine cut the corn stalks and separate the kernels from the… Continue reading

I discount much of what I hear because I am accustomed to the overblown, over-promised advertisting that fills my world … this supplement will cure all your ills, this pill will make you sleep like a baby, this car will… Continue reading

In 1966, a vibrant beautiful 17 year girl dove into the Chesapeake Bay and broke her neck. She survived, but without use of her body due to paralysis! Surrounded by other people in similar circumstances, she hated what she had… Continue reading

By nature, I am a person who likes order and yet, in spite of my efforts, life tends to be a mess.  Without constant effort, clutter accumulates. One simple example is that automobile that you cleaned out last week that… Continue reading

Sometimes I enjoy dreaming about what I might do for others if large sums of money were available to me. It happens more often when the lottery balance climbs into the stratosphere. (smile!)  The daydream finds me buying a working… Continue reading