Joy beyond joy

Joy beyond joy

A lot of ministries and businesses begin all starry-eyed with the vision of what they could become. Tons of energy gets poured into these ventures, often led by visionaries who see ten years into the future (with not one obstacle or problem considered). These projects...
But wait, there’s more

But wait, there’s more

You’re watching a favorite movie with friends who are seeing it for the first time. When it gets to the tragic scene (followed, as you well know, by an amazing turn of events), it’s all you can do to restrain yourself from spoiling it for your friends and shouting out...
Faith like a child

Faith like a child

When calamity of some description strikes near our loved ones, or where some of our loved ones might have been affected, we want news. News that they are all right. News that they are safe. The hours between first hearing of the ‘event’ and finally hearing from loved...
The glory of parking spots

The glory of parking spots

I’ve had a wake-up call. I didn’t even know I was asleep to this, but, reflecting a bit, I see that culture has invaded my thinking in subtle ways, under-the-radar ways. We talk about the ‘me first’ phenomenon but I thought that was a generation after me. But no. For...
No step overlooked

No step overlooked

Construction project managers are gifted people who are capable of seeing a completed building before there’s even a hole in the ground or before one piece of building material arrives on site. It’s like they work backward in their minds from the finished project to...
The chain of command

The chain of command

Not being a meteorologist and having abandoned hopes of ‘getting’ what I’ve read, here are my non-scientist thoughts about what a thunderstorm is – with the usual apologies. It has something to do with hot air blowing up and coming in contact with different air...