Her closet was the last place in the house that was largely as Bev left it 14 months ago.  For months I avoided giving her clothing away. Seeing those jackets, dresses, skirts, and sweaters hanging there was comforting in a… Continue reading

I love my children and they love me but oh so differently than they once did.  Though they are independent adults who enjoy rich and productive lives, in spite of the fact that we live a thousand miles apart, we… Continue reading

I am renewed by beauty.  Last night a woman on “The Voice” sang an old country song and I was moved, not by the lyrics but the beauty of her voice.  Driving a country road where I see the work… Continue reading

Your life, just like mine, is full of up’s and down’s. We have days when we are energized, waking up ready to change the world. Then, there are those when the couch invites us to slouch!  We have a stretch… Continue reading

“Dad, remember, nobody wants to stink at their job,” my son-in-law reminded me as we discussed how to urge those on our team to better performance. He is a principal at a school where he is responsible for a staff.… Continue reading

The little voices sang out the words in our school chapel – “Yeah, the Word of the Lord  holds true, we can trust Him!”  Isn’t that a great fact? This morning ‘round 2 am, many concerns arrived in my mind… Continue reading

There are some amazing experiences of ‘church’ in my memories.  Thousands of men standing in a stadium singing anthems to God led by a great band rank high on that list. For those of you who might remember, they were… Continue reading

Our society may not rigidly observe a class structure like that of England a century ago but we certainly divide along lines of ‘have’ and ‘have not.’   In any group we know if we’re ‘in’ or ‘out,’ if we fit… Continue reading

In my digital files I have two kinds of pictures- candid ones and posed frames.  In one you see an authentic representation of the situation. The faces are not reshaped with forced smiles. You can catch angst or big laughs… Continue reading

In 1969, Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” was a song for millions. That era saw America in turmoil; social unrest, war protests, and fear in the land. The Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King had been assassinated, the… Continue reading