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A Peg in a Hole
A Peg in a Hole. I continue to try to get my wife’s writings out there to be read; so, I pass this one along for your enjoyment and encouragement.
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Good Moms and Bad Days
Good Moms and Bad Days. Since I haven’t had time to write recently, I thought I’d post this for Mother’s Day, written by my wife.
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Dishes and Doilies
Reblogged from Ponderings from the Parsonage: I recently enjoyed a relaxing evening with friends watching the newly-released movie, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.” While there were many scenes and sayings in the movie that caught my attention, one dialogue in … Continue reading
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Driven to Be Post-Modern
Without getting all philosophical and all, this post-modern age (this era that has emerged from the modern age that gave us the affluent, technological, media-driven, high-production, successful lifestyles we enjoy) is rooted in all kinds of things, a major one … Continue reading
The Resurrection of Jesus: the Greatest Moment in History
I have been challenged to spend the next 40 days writing reflectively on the resurrection of Jesus. That’s how many days there were between his resurrection and his ascension (Acts 1:3). It won’t be daily, but I am going to … Continue reading
It’s Time for “New” Again
It’s the time of year for new beginnings and new starts. The need for such newness is highlighted by the glut of advertisements that are targeted at overweight, balding, skin-blemished, and in-debt people. It’s the promise of something better dangled … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Living, Church growth, New Year's resolutions, the cross
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Riding through the Woods on a Snowy Afternoon
I was out for a ride in the woods earlier today with my daughter and father-in-law. We circled around my in-law’s property: down a hill to the lower field with its cut cornstalks still protruding from the ground, along the … Continue reading
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Tagged Nature, nature photos, Poetry, Robert Frost, snow, stopping by the woods on a snowing evening
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Code Red Christmas
Alert systems are put in place to give warnings. In the wake of 9/11 the newly formed Department of Homeland Security instituted a five-level terror advisory scale: low, guarded, elevated, high, and severe. Because that system proved to not be … Continue reading
Waiting
My daughter desperately wants an iPod but doesn’t have enough money to buy one. She’s been trying every angle with her parents and brothers to see if she can beg, borrow, or steal enough to purchase one. She’s offered to … Continue reading
The Future of America on Election Night
It’s election day in America and it remains to be seen whether or not America’s future is bright or dismal. Both sides claim that nothing less than this is at stake and that the stakes have never been higher in … Continue reading
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