Global neighbors

Global neighbors

I’m struck, in the last several years, by photos from around our ‘global village.’ I’ve been ‘feeling’ the emotions in each, without considering the location where the photo was shot, and I’ve arrived at what I guess is an obvious observation – the emotions are...
Downside up

Downside up

Husbands and wives need to learn how to communicate with each other in marriage. Parents, likewise, learn to communicate with each of their children. Friends, too, learn to appreciate each other and how best to be a friend. Teachers learn how best to communicate with...
Friends needed

Friends needed

Do y’all have dreams of what you’d like to be when you grow up? I do. I’d like to be able to play the cello. I’d like to be able to speak Spanish. I’d like to be an architect. These are all worthwhile accomplishments, but I know there’s more to playing the cello,...
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...
Glorified Joy

Glorified Joy

It’s the feeling you get when ‘it’ is over. You know, that college thesis, military boot camp, that restrictive diet, that house move, the big dentist appointment, etc. Anxiety floats away. Suddenly, we feel alive again, the sun is shining brighter, the grass is...