Listening and Watching

Listening and Watching

Reflections from Black Mesa The scene unfolded before me as I leaned back in my camping chair. Near dusk, my 10 year old son cast a line into the creek in front of our campsite. As he deliberately managed the reel, an industrious beaver swam down the middle of the...
4 Tips for Celebrations!

4 Tips for Celebrations!

How to enjoy the celebration as much as the accomplishment School’s out! Last day, great report cards, and celebration beckons. But, messages of hesitation and delay also filled my mind: We don’t need to spend the money on that. Maybe we could do something...
Shocking Forgiveness

Shocking Forgiveness

A Honey-Do Project Gone Wrong Saturday, June 10, 1995. 4:00am. @#%!!*!! The timer on my stove jolted me out of a dead sleep! We had just arrived home from our honeymoon the day before. And now, on our first morning together in our 635 square foot economy apartment, we...
Post Office Surprise

Post Office Surprise

Once again, joy emerges from the ordinary The merry postal worker took me by surprise. Usually a rather antiseptic, even grumpy environment, the post office on this particular day was jumping! Or, should I say, one particular postal worker was jumping and dancing and...
Snow Day Sabbaths

Snow Day Sabbaths

A mere forecast of snow is enough to elicit… squeals from children… restful longing from adults… visions of no school, no work, needed rest.   Snowfall captures and feeds our inner sense of beauty and serenity… with large, soft...
Appreciative for Love

Appreciative for Love

Recently, I heard this interesting perspective on our postures toward love: The young are excited and enamored with the possibilities of love. The middle-aged tend to often be disillusioned. And the old are appreciative for love. While these descriptions may be...

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