On my lunch break I drove to the cemetery to plant the flowers that had been placed on Bev’s grave during Easter.  Sometime during the coming weekend I plan to return to seed the plot and to put mulch around… Continue reading

Despair looks to overtake us. Our youthful optimism gradually meets the realities of life. There is no escaping the fact of death and decay. Everything deteriorates with time. Cars rust. Gardens go to weeds. Bodies age. Systems break down. Empires… Continue reading

Right there next to the highway, I spotted ‘the’ truck. “Ah, why not?” I told myself, “Just take a look.”  Up close it was even more attractive, a nice Ford F150 with all the right kinds of options. I felt… Continue reading

Is there a beauty, a compelling quality to your Christianity? Do you live joyfully, authentically, openly? Is there a bedrock conviction about the things of God that wraps around your experiences – good and bad – that steadies you?  That… Continue reading

Holidays are often followed by a genuine letdown. For weeks, we have planned the things that make the Easter weekend special- family gathering, getting some new clothing, our kid’s excitement. We sang “Christ, the Lord, Is Risen Today” proclaiming our… Continue reading

It’s like a light coming on in a dark room!  There is a problem that we study. We think about it, dream about it, talk it over. Then, there the answer comes – often in a most unexpected moment. It… Continue reading

  What’s your price? How much would it require to get you to sell out, to compromise your integrity? Before you raise an objection, insisting you’re beyond that, that you cannot be bought, have a little humility, please!  The holy… Continue reading

This day dawned with personal sorrow.  Today is Bev’s birthday, but she is no longer celebrating them, having joined the saints of all the ages in the home of our Eternal Father a few weeks ago. Obviously, much of my… Continue reading

Acquaintance, friend, confidante, partner, lover – there are so many ways to know others. One of the joys of life is forming a friendship that matures into a deep, lasting bond. But, those kinds of relationships do not ‘just happen.’… Continue reading

I write “CoffeeBreak” each morning sitting at my kitchen table, looking out over the hillside behind my home.  It would interesting to have a time lapse record of the changes. Right now the earth is slowing awakening from winter, each… Continue reading