What’s your expectation? Dr. Larry Crabb, Christian author and counselor, writes about a session with a man who opened with this request, “Make me feel better quickly!”  Crabb replied, “Get a case of your favorite alcoholic beverage, a compliant woman,… Continue reading

Hit that reset, start anew? My family members think I am quite clever because I ‘fix’ their computers.  The open secret is that in many cases all that is required is a complete shut-down.  When the computer restarts, the connections… Continue reading

The Old Cadillac   She drove by with nothing left of her former elegance. 30 years ago the Coupe De Ville was the top of the line, now she was just a shabby old car with fainted paint, weak springs,… Continue reading

Real satisfaction A cheeseburger and fries pleases my palate, but when I eat those things, I consume far more calories to find satisfaction. When I sit down to a salad with the complex flavors of arugula, leafy lettuce, and spinach,… Continue reading

Come, running! The Christmas story includes some men regarded by others in their time as the lowest, people without social status. The shepherds lived apart from society, tending Bethlehem’s sheep. Sheep herding was a menial job. The men were rough,… Continue reading

Shepherds and sheep I read about the shepherds who saw angels, heard a song, and went into Bethlehem to “see this thing that has happened.”  (Luke 2)  It brought to mind a memory of my own childhood. When I was… Continue reading

There I go, again! As my irritation shifted into anger, I felt the heat creeping into my face, the surge of adrenalin racing through my body.  I was ready to go to battle! After I walked away and calm returned,… Continue reading

Has all the bad news taken hold of you, left you anxious, or full of despair? Are feeling like the cynical man who brushed off my greeting with a snarl: “It’s Christmas! Yeah, so what?” This ‘holy day’ Season you… Continue reading

The murders of little school children in Connecticut and the ongoing wars that bring death and destruction to innocents in dusty corners of Syria and Afghanistan filled the news with nothing but despair. Beside these things, there is the spiritual… Continue reading

“The End of the world is coming!”  At least that is the underlying theme of so much news.  Exaggeration distorts our view of the world, our understanding of the future.  Supposedly the United States faces a ‘fiscal cliff’ in the… Continue reading