A pragmatist makes decisions based on the practicality of the action. Does it work? Does it serve the purpose? Does it ‘get the job done?’ These questions are first line in the mind of the pragmatic individual. What’s wrong with… Continue reading

While driving up the inter-state highway, I turned on my CD player. Beautiful music poured out of the speakers. God embraced me! I wish I could find words to describe the sense of His Presence, but it is indescribable. I… Continue reading

There are always challenges in life! When we get through one set of problems, a new one comes along, or at least that is my experience. Our daughter called yesterday to update us on her life. She’s been a student… Continue reading

Family! Pleasure, pain, comforting, aggravating – and so much more, right? A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of going with my Mom and Dad to a reunion of her family in Indiana. For a weekend I interacted with… Continue reading

There are people who are wise and there are people who are sophisticated – and they are not the same. Yesterday I greeted a boy I’ve known for several years. He is in the grip of adolescence and desperately works… Continue reading

Judges is one of the Bible’s more difficult books to fully understand! It tells the story of God’s people in an era when “everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” The lack of strong leadership – political and… Continue reading

A situation in my life got me to thinking about holy stuff… you know, which are holy day? What are holy places and/or holy things? Who are holy people? The first thing I did was re-think the word – “holy.”… Continue reading

Driving home from a hospital visit with a suffering saint I had a long talk with the Lord about the questions that were nagging at the edges of my mind. The main one, “What are You doing, Lord?” There are… Continue reading

One from the archives…. Encourage– — To inspire with hope, courage, or confidence; hearten.— To give support, to foster growing or development________________________ When a person leaves an encounter with you, have you added value to his life, or taken something… Continue reading

Humans can be puzzling, can’t they? The whys and wherefores of behavior can be difficult to discern. Getting to the real need, what’s actually going on under the surface, demands patience. But, time and again in my dealing with people,… Continue reading