It was a beautiful weekend. A time of Reconnections. Resurrecting distant memories from days long past. Releasing new memories into Tomorrows yet to be imagined. Memories centered in our quiet, peaceful, lakefront place hidden from the stress of Mainstream America. Our safe, small town place with all the best from Yesteryear. A place of No Fear... only...
Mine is on my back. Left side, just above my waist. A red welt about two inches across. Swollen. Itching like crazy. Twenty-four hours after that tiny bee delivered his oversized PUNCH. I felt him before I saw him. Something alive crawling on my back, underneath my t-shirt. Making my skin crawl. I put my...
I have heard it said that Christianity is only one generation away from extinction. Could that possibly be true? I saw four generations gathered together today. A spiritual melting pot. Believers, Agnostics, Atheists. Hot, Lukewarm, Cold. Passionate, Indifferent, Antagonistic. Lost and Found. Wandering Aimlessly. Seeking. If I saw only with my natural eyes, I might...
We were talking on the phone. An issue was troubling my dear friend... deeply. She began to tell me about it... giving me the context -- the history -- so I could better understand The Present. She had barely started when she exclaimed: "I'm watching people run that red light! They keep doing it! Why...
You know me so well, Lord. And I am eternally grateful... for Your Unfailing Love! You know how to blow on my "embers" whenever my "fire" starts to smolder. You know how to snap me to attention whenever I nod off. You know how to lift me onto Your shoulders whenever Life's mountains appear too high. This week,...
I want to hear them all, Lord. Every single story behind Every Story! That's one of the things I enjoy most about the Olympics. Watching accomplished athletes compete in all kinds of grueling sports. Hearing the often-dramatic "backdrop" to their respective journeys to The Games and through Life. Like the gymnast from Uzbekistan who is competing in...
This was the thought You birthed in me this morning, Lord, as I rode my bicycle in the early-morning dew. It was not a new thought. People have been having this same insight for... what, Lord? Thousands of years? But it isn't the "take" Doubting Thomas made famous. "Unless I see the nail marks in...
As a therapeutic technology, a Hyperbaric Chamber shows great promise in healing infections. By using greater atmospheric pressure -- three times what's normal -- the lungs are able to absorb more pure oxygen. Oxygen which can then be sent throughout the body to fight bacteria. Was that what I just experienced, Lord??? I wasn't at a...
She had said the words a thousand times before. Maybe even a million. Was anyone listening? I haven’t flown much in recent years, Lord, but every time it seems the same. Like yesterday. Flight attendants are called the most important “ safety equipment” aboard a commercial airplane. They are so much more than glorified waiters and...
Sometimes I feel so anointed, Lord. Sometimes I'm running on empty. "Those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength." (Isaiah 40:31) Sometimes I feel so fruitful. Sometimes I fail in spades. "He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." (Philippians 1:6)...
