Are you a cracked pot? We have this expectation that the call of God will somehow turn us into a perfect person.  Consciously we know that is not true, but still it persists in our unconscious mind.  When that Christian… Continue reading

I love my kids and it brings great joy to my heart to do whatever I am able to do to help and encourage them. Yes, I was and I am a tough Dad who doesn’t shrink from speaking truthfully. … Continue reading

The Wisdom of Waiting So, how well do you deal with waiting? Yesterday, my flight to Newark was delayed for about 15 minutes because of two elderly persons, obviously not well, who needed a lot of help boarding the plane.… Continue reading

Confirmed Reservations Made Good morning! I am sitting at Gate 8 in Little Rock, Arkansas as I jot my thoughts today.  I remember when, as a student, flying with ‘stand-by’ status.  On the way home from college, I would go… Continue reading

“Get the credit you deserve” The fast-talking salesman in the radio commercial made his pitch to those who ‘needed’ a car but who had a bad credit history. He closed with the line, “get the credit you deserve.”  A loan… Continue reading

I stood admiring the car that was more than 60 years old. I saw the ‘before’ and the ‘after.’ It had just been towed in from the barn where it had sat for decades the first time I saw it.… Continue reading

God’s guerrillas You are on a mission for God!  Your aim?  Reconciliation of people; to each other and with God. It’s a dangerous calling, often putting you into the cross-fire.  It can be thankless and is best accomplished when you… Continue reading

More to his life than . . . Most morning as I page through the local newspaper, I scan the obituaries.  Lives are compressed into a few paragraphs that tell us the essential facts but seldom very much about the… Continue reading

The dark side of justice? The red sedan passed me on the interstate like I was parked, though I was cruising along at 70 MPH.  He probably was going about 85 MPH.  A couple of miles down the road I… Continue reading

My Trustworthy Guide “Do you sit in judgment on the Bible or does the Bible sit in judgment on you?”  I don’t remember who first asked that question or where I read it, but it is an extremely important one. … Continue reading