Recently I got in my car to back out and discovered I couldn’t see very well from my passenger side mirror. The passenger door was also dirty and smeared. I cleaned it and promised myself I would detail my car soon. In a day or two, I discovered the culprit…
Read moreRecently one of our contributors, Katie Sweeting, referred to Isaiah 30’s references to the “quietness and trust” (verse 15 NIV) God wants us to have amid our frazzled lives. That entire chapter has been on my mind for several weeks. In the next verses Isaiah talks about the Israelites running…
Read moreI hated exercise in seventh grade. I hate it now. It is one of the great ironies of life for me that the class I hated most in school is the one I must continue. I was a “lefty” and a klutz, the last one picked for a team. So…
Read moreI lived by the bell of a school classroom for many years and it has marked me. I operated my professional life within finite segments that constrained me to complete my lessons and give closure for the concepts I had introduced. What a paradigm shift since retirement! A phone call…
Read moreI have been an inconsistent Lenten Christian. I have failed almost every time in my attempts to “give up” a pleasure or activity for the entire Lenten season. I am not proud of my failures. They reveal my selfishness. I was not trained early in the concept of this season…
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