I spoke to her, just yesterday. A physician somewhere in these United States, who was trying to make a difficult decision in her life. And, she’d been asking God for direction. “But,” she said, “God doesn’t seem to be saying anything; at least not anything I can hear. Why, do you suppose, God doesn’t ‘speak…
How long has it been since you handed in a paper, and had someone grade it? Tests and grading seemed to be a way of life when I was growing up. Every Friday, when I was in Miss Jordan’s 4th grade class, we had a spelling test. She would lean against the front her desk,…
We live out in the country on 3.5 acres of pasture, trees, lawn, orchard, and … weeds. Lots and lots of weeds. I’ve got one of the handy-dandy green riding mowers, and when it’s not unbearably hot, I kind of enjoy riding around the lawn and the orchard on my riding mower. I get a…
Once, I was invited to be the devotional speaker for a retreat of university professors. As you might imagine, that can be an intimidating assignment, and it was especially so with this particular group of professors, because many of them had been my instructors. I was speaking to university professors from my alma mater. Earlier…
I thought of her this morning, very early. For some reason, sweet memories of her life came into my mind, and the thinking of her and remembering her brought a smile to my face. Everyone needs at least one Aunt Norm in their life, I think; a person who will invest in you, be proud…
When ‘quiet’ happens in a life, I think,
Wonderful things show up.
We have six grandkids, two boys and four girls. Two of them live here in our area, and four of them live in San Diego. We don’t get to see those four nearly often enough. But last week, that San Diego tribe came into town, and spent four days with us. And on one afternoon,…
My dad is dead and gone, now. But when he was alive, I would try to call him every week, just to check in. We lived thousands of miles apart, and travel across the country was a real challenge for our growing family, three small boys, and a very busy ministry schedule. So, calling every…
I don’t know how many times I’ve been asked about it in the last year. In fact, I’ve answered (or tried to answer) a peculiar question dozens of times just in the last thirty days. It seems like every time I go online, every time I open my laptop computer, every time I try to…
I grew up in a carpenter’s house. My dad worked for more than 52 years as a journeyman carpenter, and one of my younger brothers was not only a carpenter, but taught carpentry in the apprentice program for the carpenter’s union. Over the course of my time living with my folks, I watched my dad…