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...
So worth the wait!

So worth the wait!

For grade school, high school, and college students, it’s summer break. For university students, it’s final graduation and their entry into the workforce. For driving school attendees, it’s the driver’s license. For expectant mothers and fathers, it’s the birth of the...
Here today, here tomorrow

Here today, here tomorrow

It happens every time. We are going on a trip. We leave the house on our way to the airport. And then begins the questioning. Did we turn down the heat? Did we leave lights on? Did we lock the doors? Did we stop the mail? Why do we do this to ourselves? This line of...
The Real Christmas Carol

The Real Christmas Carol

By Psalm 44      We were dead to begin with, dead as a doornail (Ephesians 2:1).  In life he was our business partner, Jacob (deceiver, aka our old nature).  The firm he built, Guilty &Guilty, forged the chains that bound us. We will...
Do You Love Me?

Do You Love Me?

Four simple words repeated three times that have such restorative power.  Words that brought Peter and us deeper with each moment of inquiry.  Words of wonder, reality, and glorious invitation.   We know the story, Jesus asks this question three...