After going the same direction on our evening walk for about a hundred times, this evening I decided to go the opposite way. My dog was very confused. The resistance began at the end of the driveway and continued for almost the entire mile. Every...
According to Leviticus 16 before the high priest could officiate on the Day of Atonement he had to change into the simple white linen garment of a common priest. The symbolism was prophetic regarding the nature of Jesus’ coming to earth. Jesus came, not as...
There was a time before our time before the time of earth itself when all was well in God’s universe. Yet He knew it would not always be so. He knew how it would be spoiled and who would spoil it. God could have used...
When I put my credit card in the gas pump, the pump told me to see the cashier. When I went inside and swiped my card it was declined. Instantly I could feel the lady looking at me as if I was some kind of...
There is a house in our neighborhood that is no longer a home. It has been sold, the previous owners are gone and no one has yet moved in to once again make it a home. It looks sad. There are no curtains or blinds...
We have talked about catchy advertising and our Christian need to pay attention to something we could use to promote our Jesus. We talked about Toyota’s “Let’s Go Places.” I got an email from a friend that reminded me of Hellman’s Mayonnaise’s “Bring Out the...
Before I was old enough to go to school my father would come home from school (he was a teacher) and play marbles with me. It wasn’t the traditional game where you had to knock marbles out of a circle. We had three small holes...
It was so sad. Lying by the side of the road, close enough to be run over, was Elmo. There he was bright red, with his orange nose, mouth agape and two big eyes looking terrified as we bore down upon him. Was he missing...
This afternoon we visited with Patty, a friend we had not seen for 35 years. When Patty graduated from the eighth grade her mother was ill and could not attend; my wife became a stand-in mom. My wife wore Patty’s mother’s white dress and stood...
I am so happy to report a restoration of my taste buds. I don’t have much of an appetite but at least what I do eat tastes. Restoration is a marvelous thing. So often we don’t appreciate what we have until it’s gone. Adam and...