I stood on the deck looking out at the shadows of the trees. The stars glimmered overhead, the crickets sang, the night mist brushed my face. Usually, it would be a peaceful moment of reflection at the end of the… Continue reading

Even after a great dinner, I want something sweet. A small serving of ice cream is just right! It’s amazing to me the wide variety of things our tastes desire. The satisfaction of a well-prepared meal is one of life’s… Continue reading

Parenting a 12 year old is an adventure. He thinks he knows better than I about just about everything. Ed recently received a camera for his birthday. I put the wrist strap on it with an explanation that if it… Continue reading

After a 5 day hospital stay and surgery, I was thankful for my medical insurance. Without it, I would have faced a bill in excess of $50,000!  Insurance is in place for things we hope never happen – accidents, fires,… Continue reading

My Mom, who is critically ill, called me to her bedside at 2:30 am.  She was feeling anxious in her illness, the darkness of morning’s small hours bringing on an acute sense of loneliness. “Don’t leave me,” she whispered. So,… Continue reading

I like doing what I want to do, when I want to do it. I like spending my time in ways that I find personally pleasing. I enjoy using my money to buy things for myself. I do not like… Continue reading

Studies repeatedly show that kids who regularly get to pull up to a family dinner table do better in school, stay out of trouble, and form more lasting relationships. Kids who regularly have supper with Mom and Dad are significantly… Continue reading

With each passing year, we accumulate memories in our mental attic; some carefully tended as treasures, others locked away like classified documents! When my adult children come home to visit inevitably around the table the phrase is heard, “I remember… Continue reading

By nature and experience, I am deeply suspicious of institutional power!  In almost every instance that I can remember, when a group of people is handed authority without a system of checks and balances in place, that power is soon… Continue reading

Recently I re-discovered a book, The Jesus I Never Knew, originally published by Philip Yancey in 1995. Yancey writes about how we re-make Jesus into our own image which steals His majesty and diminishes our faith!  “The more I studied… Continue reading