Look what I can do!

Look what I can do!

There’s something I’ve noticed in my decades of non-parenting. And it’s been verified time after time by parents and grandparents alike. It’s this: toddlers are little energy packs, never still, always exulting in their next new experience (that is, until they hear...
Are we there yet?

Are we there yet?

I hope this doesn’t sound mean or judgmental, but something inside me feels like holding a private celebration each time Scriptures point out when the disciples missed the point. It feels so indirectly validating. In a weird way, it gives me hope that I’m not the only...
Why is the learning curve so steep?

Why is the learning curve so steep?

I’m reminded of the phrase ‘Still we are learning.” This is in relation how we react when we are interrupted, and not just interrupted, but unalterably so. Yesterday, on a trip to Kansas, a connecting flight was cancelled due to severe thunderstorms. Cancelled. Full...
One day we’ll know

One day we’ll know

It was a green light, and I was going straight through. An oncoming driver, busily adjusting his car radio, turned left into what was currently my space in the intersection. We each careened off one another, me over the curb, headed for a tall hedge which I wanted to...
What’s the Lord speaking to you today?”*

What’s the Lord speaking to you today?”*

Some time ago, I heard of an organization with the motto, ‘Always Learning.’ That’s the case for children, certainly, in their minute-by-minute discovery of the world of people and things around them. For them, life is a whirlwind of things new and delightful (and,...