The other day, someone I had just met asked me a question I had a little bit of a challenge answering. It’s not an uncommon question. In fact, many casual conversations between two people who have just met begin with the same question I was asked: ‘Where do you work?’ The answer to that question…
If you look around my offices, (I have two; one at home, and one at church,) You’ll see memorabilia on the tables, and all kinds of stuff hanging on the walls; Stuff I’ve collected to remind me of places I’ve been, or people I’ve met, or things I’ve been able to do. There are framed…
When I was in the 5th Grade, my teacher, Miss Graham had the idea in her mind that writing legibly should be an ability all of her students should possess. And writing in cursive was her tool of choice, when she talked of legibility. It seems crazy to me now, but I can still remember…
It’s been a few years, now. As I sat at my desk one afternoon in my office, my phone rang. It was a local hospital. The nurse on the other end of the line was calling about Jerry. Jerry who had a bad back and had decided to have fusion surgery. Jerry, who had been…
My wife and I did some wood stove shopping a few months back. We love our wood stove, but we’ve had it for a long time. Only heaven knows how many fires have been built in that stove. How many conversations around that old stove have been warmed and enriched by the special heat that’s…
One of our goals for this year as a family was remodeling our bathrooms. We have a great friend who works in the remodeling business, and in preparation for our project, we sat down with him and planned out what we wanted to see in our new bathrooms. New colors. New tile. New vanities, tubs,…
I’ve noticed that sometimes, (not all the time, but sometimes,) as a writer, I sit and ponder what word I should use in a particular sentence. I agonize over what, specific expression, or phrase will be best. My reason for such deliberation is that my deep desire as a writer is to say exactly what…
I recently watched a news conference by the President of the United States. It was being conducted at the White House in the press briefing room. We’ve all seen either the White House Press Secretary, or the President himself standing at the podium in that room fielding questions from the White House press corp. It’s…
As Fall approaches, and another school year begins, I’ve been reminded of the faithful way God leads, guides, and directs our lives. If we divided our lives into seasons that match Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter, it might prove to be somewhat illuminating. Just as Spring, of course is the time of beginnings, those early…
Question: What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done? What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever tried to do? Man, I don’t know about you, but for me, trying to answer the question “What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done” could very well be one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, because, probably like you, I’ve…