What a difference a day makes!

What a difference a day makes!

How many families, rushing to the hospital after hearing from the police that there had been a terrible accident involving their daughter, would cry aloud, ‘This can’t be happening!’ Praying, ‘Please don’t let her die! She’s only 19!’ Hearts crushed. Hope barely...
Ducks all in a row

Ducks all in a row

Dominoes was a popular game at our house, first double sixes, then double twelves, then colored-pip double twelves. Somehow along the way, I heard about standing the tiles on end, one after the other, then knocking the first one into the second, and watching the whole...
The Approach of Easter

The Approach of Easter

In his very punchy book (which I thoroughly enjoyed), Dirty Glory, pp. 54-57, Pete Greig wrote about the tendency to stray from the central truth of Christianity and in his inimitable style, he expressed it like this: The vision is Jesus. Dangerously,...
Cheering Mourning

Cheering Mourning

Parades and processionals, motorcades and March Madnesses, stadiums and stars (celestial & cinematic), have always drawn the masses, eager to interrupt daily routines to see or participate in whatever the personality/event. From rose-covered floats in SoCal to red...
Dreaming b-i-i-g

Dreaming b-i-i-g

Here’s a never-did-happen scenario for you to picture: a young married couple is leaving for a 10-day cruise and leaving their 5-year-old at home alone, with keys to the car and a credit card to use for any purchases. (Disregard, for now, your rising outrage at such...