The adventure of the next 360

The adventure of the next 360

Here’s one of my many thoughts in these first days of January. I think it’s cool enough to share (feel free to let me know what you think). You know how, in 1 Peter, he exhorts his readers to be “well balanced and always alert, because your enemy, the devil,...
What a Difference a Day Makes

What a Difference a Day Makes

Friday evening’s birthday party for a good friend was lively, and loud with a dozen grandchildren squealing and laughing and performing for their best grandpa in the whole world, and rich with fellowship and seeing folks not seen in a long time. We’d opted to...
Getting our Souls in Sync

Getting our Souls in Sync

I’ve heard non-morning people quip: “I wasn’t aware there was a 9 AM.” These folks don’t cheerily welcome the dawn. Their metabolism doesn’t even have a gear to engage until well after a hot shower and a jolt of caffeine. Some must be approached warily to judge their...
We may weep through the night, but .  .  .

We may weep through the night, but .  .  .

Once upon a time three Westerners were traveling to a former Soviet bloc country on their way to one of the first conferences to be held there since the Wall came down. The border crossing was in the middle of corn fields as far as the eye could see. The border...
On a Mission

On a Mission

GPS, or SatNav for ‘real’ English speakers, is a beautiful thing, especially when set to ‘find shortest route.’ To save even one mile, you may travel twenty miles on secondary roads through gorgeous, bucolic countryside which you would never have discovered without...