Expanded Horizons

Expanded Horizons

At a recent pastors’ gathering hosted by us, only one pastor (besides myself and Sue) was able to attend. This unusual circumstance became something fascinating. We began by asking him questions and our time together turned into the telling of his story. We learned so...
Surprises in store

Surprises in store

For the next few months there will be a series of achievements ceremonies, each of which will simultaneously introduce a time of major change: high school and college graduations, weddings, and retirements. Each of these is eagerly anticipated as an ending: to...
Looking in a fogged-up mirror

Looking in a fogged-up mirror

Ignominious, that’s what it was. Jesus’ death, that is – despicable, humiliating, disgraceful, shameful, degrading, dishonorable. And the disciples watched it all like a waking nightmare in a type of paralyzed horror beyond anything they’d ever experienced. But...
Forty-day countdown

Forty-day countdown

Think with me, putting ourselves in the place of the disciples. Jesus, the last they had seen him, hanging on the cross, beaten unrecognizable, just barely alive. He died and was quickly buried in a tomb belonging to Joseph of Arimathea. Then, three days later, his...
Empowered by love

Empowered by love

My first adult job was all lined up for after High School Graduation. It was exciting-scary. My first week as Junior Accounting Clerk was marked with a deluge of information. I was timid, new to the job and to the building, had a group of 50 clerks to get to know...