4 years ago, on 12/29/2015, my wife stepped into eternity. A year after her death, I wrote the following. May the Lord use these thoughts to comfort those who mourn today. ____ “Well Dad, it’s been a year. What would… Continue reading

Apparently we do not always get the gift we hoped for according to retailers. Retail stores will process a flood of returns starting today. Around 75% of people surveyed this Christmas season said that they would be returning gifts for… Continue reading

People I know are all over the map of emotions – joyful, grieving, fulfilled, empty, hopeful, despairing. How is your heart today? Perhaps you are afraid to let yourself think about that question. What is being covered over by the… Continue reading

Yesterday, our Awana Club (Christian Education for children) had their annual Christmas party. One little girl showed up with self-applied makeup and her own attempt at a party hair-do. Her Mom looked a little embarrassed as she informed me, “This… Continue reading

The friendly clerk looked overwhelmed, her face revealing the tension. She asked me, “Have you done your Christmas shopping yet?”  “Some,” I replied. “I ordered gifts for some of my grandchildren drop-shipped to Florida.”  I thought she was going to… Continue reading

Last night there was a brilliantly shining moon in the night sky. The light from it spilled across my snowy yard, making 9 pm seem like dawn. But, it was not actually light from the moon which is just a… Continue reading

“Imagine a football team running off the bench to the field where they go into a huddle.  After an excited exchange about the upcoming play, they all run back to the bench and sit down, talking about the quarterback’s fine… Continue reading

The twinkling lights of Christmas decorations remind me of the joy of this season of celebration. Jesus came, our Immanuel (God with us) and the whole world was changed by that Gift that showed up in a manger in old… Continue reading

I watched the NE Patriots lose a game yesterday most likely because of bad calls by the referees.  It was not a nefarious conspiracy. It was men being human, not getting it exactly right in the split second moment of… Continue reading

Most of us know what it is like to go into some situation feeling anxious, uncertain about the outcome. A decade ago, facing major surgery for the first time in my life, I was laying on a hospital bed just… Continue reading