The older I get, it seems, the more I have a tendency to look back on my life and examine where I’ve been; perhaps ‘evaluate’ how I’ve done at living the life the Lord has granted me. Looking back can, for a certainty, produce … regrets. If I allow myself the time, and I am…
Yesterday, my wife and I went on a date. We decided to see a movie, and after we were seated in the theater, I went to get some popcorn. I stood in line and listened, as behind me two ladies talked. They talked about their children. One of them was having trouble with her teenage…
A few weeks ago, as I waited at a stop-light, I watched a young mother walked in front of my car, holding her small child by the hand. The child looked to be about three or so. The mother was definitely in a hurry to cross the street; the child was not. The child’s feet…
Man, I’ve got a ton of things on my “to do” list today. We’re almost out of milk, so I need to go to the store. I’ve got that on my list. And, we’re doing some extra landscaping around our place, so I need to stop at the nursery to pick up some plants, and…
I saw a sign once in a restaurant washroom that made an edilible impression on me. This was a small little diner, with one washroom. Someone had nailed the sign on the inside of the bathroom door, at eye-level, so that when a person entered and turned to shut and lock the door, they…
In Psalm 46, there is a particular and important instruction in verse 10. The Lord says, “Be still, and know that I am God.” I’ve known that verse for a long time. But I’m not very good at the idea of being ‘quiet’ in my life. I love the way Eugene Peterson in The Message…
I’m one of those people who thinks that routines and regimens represent an important part of living life on purpose, and helping me focus on what I’ve determined matters most. When I am careful to take note of the way I do things, the order in which I do them on a regular basis,…
A quick question, please: How are things with your quotidian life? Unless you’re a very vocabulary-minded person, you probably don’t know the meaning of that word, (at least, I didn’t know its meaning until I looked it up in the dictionary.) No, you may not know the definition of the word, but I guarantee you…
I’ve often wondered about the difference between the day before Christmas, and the day before Easter. Have you? I especially wonder about the day before that very first Christmas and the day before that very first Easter. On that first Christmas eve, you remember, the angels sang. Shepherds showed up at the manger. They’d been…
Every year about this time, it happens. One year ends. Another begins. Every New Years Eve, there’s a big hoopla in Time Square, as hundreds of thousands of people gather, standing for hours in the cold — no matter how cold — in order to watch a huge crystal ball drop at the midnight hour,…