I am presently rewatching the amazing story of The Pacific (Netflix) which chronicles the struggle to defeat Japan in the island campaigns of World War 2.  Each beach landing scene included men going from ship to shore in a craft… Continue reading

I love finishing a task, standing back to enjoy the reward for my work. One of the Summer jobs that gives me great pleasure is mowing my lawn. Yes, truly, it does. About 2 hours of perspiration trickling down my… Continue reading

Some days I feel like I make great progress and some days it seems that the best I can do is to just hold my ground. How about you?  One thing that living longer has taught me is to evaluate… Continue reading

For the last two weeks we have watched the images pouring out of Israel and Gaza in horror. One young Israeli who escaped death by pulling a body on top of himself spoke of looking into the eyes of a… Continue reading

The phrase ‘prayer warrior’ is an old one in my experience. In our Pentecostal tradition, women especially claimed the title, known for their willingness to engage in sustained prayer on behalf of others, for lives to be changed. It always… Continue reading

A couple of weeks ago I was preparing for some time away in Colorado with family. We walked in the spectacular Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs), drove over the Continental Divide to an amazing home where we were surrounded… Continue reading

Friday rolls around and for some it is the end of the work week, the time to step away from responsibilities for a couple of days. Then, there are weeks that are endless, right? This seems to be one of… Continue reading

My doctor has told me a dozen times that a key part of maintaining healthy vitality in these years is exercise. He says just walking at a good pace is all I need to do. “Yeah, yeah, OK,” I think. … Continue reading

I awakened to the news of the outbreak of war in Israel on Saturday morning. The news since then has only grown more grim – more than a thousand dead (as of Monday morning) and still climbing, war declared meaning… Continue reading

I breathed a sigh of relief when the Congress finally passed a funding resolution on Saturday evening in the last hours, literally, before the government shut-down. Someone asked me, “Why do they do such things?”  Well, the political sphere, like… Continue reading