CURIOUS NOW

CURIOUS NOW

(based on Psalm 19) Show me your God, I asked.Open your fingers, he replied, and letthe rich soil crumble,the cascading seas tumble,the meandering breeze fumblethrough them,and you are feelingthe texture of God’s handiwork.Open your ears and letthe sounds of the day...
A Countercultural Responsibility-taking 

A Countercultural Responsibility-taking 

Last year, at a neighbor’s Retirement Party, her former boss, now herself retired for over ten years, drove several hours to participate in the Open Mic time, saying she (the retiree) had been such an outstanding employee, that it would have been unthinkable to miss...
Happy to be home

Happy to be home

Driving in foreign countries is a real eye-opener. In the Scottish Highlands, a highway road sign says: Watch for vehicles in the middle of the road. The turns are not engineered for ease of executing at highway speeds as they are in the US, so it’s permitted to make...
WITH OUT

WITH OUT

There is no heartache without a home, no decision without a door; no destiny without discipline, no worship without awe. There is no courtyard without secrets, no window without a view, no smoke without fire of a story that is not true. There is no reward without...
Hey, slow down! Wait for me!

Hey, slow down! Wait for me!

Heraclitus (500 BC) is commonly accepted as the speaker of the aphorism ‘The only constant in life is change.’ I didn’t know him personally, but he was pretty spot-on, in my humble opinion. Most notable among changes, are the unpleasant, annoying kind and close to the...
Where angels fear to tread

Where angels fear to tread

Early on in our marriage, Sue and I were visiting her parents. On one occasion, her father gave me a man’s tour of the kitchen, explaining that at their house, family was on their own for breakfast. So, cereal was to be found on the lazy Susan (?). Bread was in...