Call me a fool, call me overly sentimental, but I am very happy that the calendar includes a day to celebrate romance! Yes, I spent too much on cards and the roses are ordered. Clichéd? Perhaps, but I don’t think… Continue reading

Comforters with good intentions often offer up this line when there is nothing else to say, “Well, God works in mysterious ways.” Sometimes want to ask, “Is that supposed to be comforting?” When we are up against a crisis, when… Continue reading

Remember some of the best worship experiences you have had; no, not the one with the kickin’ band, or the one where the preacher was eloquently stirring. Use another measure. Remember those times when you sensed God’s amazing and powerful… Continue reading

From the earliest moments of our lives we are conditioned to be agreeable, to want to make other people happy. A child is seldom rewarded for saying, “No, Mommy, I don’t want to do that!” That same child receives all… Continue reading

Yesterday I went to visit my father and to go with him for his first appointment with the oncologist (cancer specialist). That’s an unnerving experience, to say the least. Though heart disease and diabetes are greater health problems in America… Continue reading

There are givers and there are takers in this world. In 1977, I met Tom Johnson, one of the most giving people I have ever known! I was one of those he blessed. I was in a situation where I… Continue reading

I spent a couple of hours immersed in election returns before turning into bed last night. The arrogance of the prognostication of the talking heads was irritating, to say the least. Though they spoke in certainties, it was obvious they… Continue reading

We sang a song in my youth group (think, 1970!) that included these lines,“It only takes a spark to get a fire going,and soon all those around, can warm up in its glowing.That’s how it is with God’s love,once you’ve… Continue reading

The couple with whom I spoke were broken, absolutely devastated by allegations of abuse of their children. He was free on bail, the authorities had custody of their children. The newspaper had reported their arrest and charges with shocking and… Continue reading

I spoke with an old friend who told me that she no longer attended church services. After disappointment with failed leadership and less than perfect fellow Believers, she decided that her Christianity would be privatized – in her words: ‘It’s… Continue reading