The Best Gift!

The Best Gift!

Disclaimer: Should I sound here like Dickens’ Scrooge, let me say, I truly love all things Christmas: the decorating, the shopping, the gifting, the singing, the eating, the get togethers, and more. PD The story of Christmas has all but been eclipsed in our...
More than meets the eye

More than meets the eye

An inheritance becomes available to the heir, say, at the age of 21. An engagement ring is a symbol of a wedding to come. A signed real estate contract means the sale of a house must wait until the all-important closing and exchange of keys. A publishing contract...
More, more, endlessly more

More, more, endlessly more

Imagine a 19-year-old, bedridden and in the hospital, desperately in need of a heart transplant. News comes in of a donor heart, a perfect match.  After successful surgery and several anxious months, it appears there will be no rejection. Then, months of grueling...
Power, Power, Wondering-working Power

Power, Power, Wondering-working Power

When I was around eleven years old, my brothers, six and years older than I, decided they would teach me how to drive. Off we went in my eldest brother’s 1958 Pontiac. When we got  far enough out in the countryside, they deemed it time for my first lesson. They...
A Life Unimagined

A Life Unimagined

In the sublime innocence of the Garden, Adam and Eve passed their days in abundant living, lacking nothing, basking in direct, unimpeded relationship with God Himself. In short, in exquisite alignment with God’s Plan ‘A.’ When Eve encountered this alien thing called...