I had this uncle . . .

 I had this uncle . . .

Family. That one word is an entire, boxed set of CD’s! And that one word establishes, restricts, releases, builds, tears down, encourages, discourages, shapes, squeezes, gives color to, or drains color from, a big part of our lives, including our lives as adults....
Better than a candy store!

Better than a candy store!

For little children, the world is an ever-unfolding series of ‘new.’ Colors and textures and sounds and tastes and smells; the exotic concept of seasons – all four of them, each one a complete toybox of discoveries, each more fascinating than the one just past. Then,...
There’s more to the story

There’s more to the story

Global Newsflash: Jesus has overcome the world. That’s right. Just as he promised, he has bested allefforts of evil and reigns supreme forever at the right hand of the Father. The open secret is that, in him,we, too, overcome the world and its systems and its schemes....
And laughter, too

And laughter, too

I’ve got it! I know why Jesus chooses little children, and those who are like them, to live in his Kingdom! They are not self-conscious or uptight or judgmental or worried what others will think. They instinctively know they need, indeed are dependent on, loving care...
Life, Then and Now

Life, Then and Now

A little sympathy, please. Life is, as promised, not always a walk in the park. But, if you are differently gifted, aka left-handed, the difficulties are multiplied. The right-handed majority lives blithely oblivious of the repeated indignities endured by their...