Good Question!

Good Question!

On this brilliantly sunshiny Tuesday, life is good, and simple, and easy, right? OK, awesome/brilliant. Since we’re fresh from a good night’s sleep, and we’ve already had an intake of our favorite caffeine source (at our house the coffee’s on a timer so it’s ready by...
The Present as Present

The Present as Present

It’s what’s after the big move, with the boxing and planning and repairing and cleaning and shuffling and decluttering and staging and coping with an ever-emptying house and ever-disappearing essentials (but once that box is taped shut, ain’t nobody opening it). It’s...
It’s what inside that counts!

It’s what inside that counts!

It was an exciting announcement. Our pastor and his wife, after twelve years of trying, gave the news from the pulpit one Sunday morning that they were, at last, and after many disappointments, expecting a baby! After the morning service, all the ladies in the church...
“.  .  . and we’re off!”

“. . . and we’re off!”

‘Be careful what you ask for!’ How many times have you heard that warning? There are, I am sure, times in all our lives when we’ve paid the price for want of caution. But I am proposing a re-write for the New Year, a variation on the theme: ‘Be daring in what you ask...
Our Cup Runneth Over

Our Cup Runneth Over

It’s New Year’s Eve, the ultimate day of 2020, the 7th Day of Christmas. It’s a time of saying hello, of saying goodbye, and of continuing in celebration of the One whose Light lights up all the gaps between our hellos and goodbyes. Speaking of Jesus, the Light, he...