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…
“Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us who are mature should…
I saw a man, today.
I sat, eating a noon meal,
And as I enjoyed my food,
I noticed him.
A few weeks ago, I chose my ‘one word for the year.’
Lots of other people do that, I think.
Nothing special about the idea.
But there’s a lot that’s special about that one word.
When ‘quiet’ happens in a life, I think,
Wonderful things show up.