There are people with whom I am ‘close.’  I know them, love them, and share life’s up’s and down’s with them. Life would be so much poorer without those relationships. There are hundreds of people with whom I am acquainted;… Continue reading

Last night’s elections will provoke a flurry of analysis. Some are glad, some are sad. That’s politics.  One pundit suggested that one of the factors behind the Republican surge is a reflection that “Americans are over COVID and want to… Continue reading

The thing of which I write today is one of those that is very difficult to see in ourselves, though we see it so plainly in others!  It wraps itself in ‘the pursuit of excellence,’ hides behind the desire to… Continue reading

I remember being a kid waiting for Christmas for most of the month of December. Anticipation built steadily. Dreams about what was going to happen on that ‘day’ were a regular occurrence. The wait distracted from school work, although it… Continue reading

Perfectionism is a curse.  It drives a person to set impossibly high standards. It robs the one who experiences it of satisfaction in a ‘job well done’ because that person focuses instead on the question –  “Could I have done… Continue reading

The world has a new kind of sales force – influencers! People with a large number of followers on social media platforms use their popularity to influence others to purchase products that the influencer is paid to promote, often by… Continue reading

Only after I reached my car in the driveway and found that door would not open did I remember – “Jerry, you left your keys on the table!” A reminder popped up in my phone about a friend’s birthday too… Continue reading

I’ll never forget Tom, he of the wide smile and big heart. I was 22 years old, far from home, on a scouting mission for a new ministry call in a town where I was acquainted with just 3 people.… Continue reading

When it is best to attempt to ‘patch up’ something in need of repair or restoration and when it is time for ‘brand new?’  That is a real question. A young friend who loves fixing broken things was talking to… Continue reading

Jim Elliott, a Christian missionary of the 1950’s who was martyred in Ecuador by native Americans he was trying to reach, authored a quote that I have loved for all of my adult life: “He is no fool who gives… Continue reading