Forty years ago we returned from teaching in Uganda and moved to a glorious piece of leftover Eden called Calhoun, Ga. In the very first month of our ministry there I officiated at a funeral. After the service on the way to the cemetery I...
Yesterday my wife attended a CPR training course. As she was getting up from the floor, after practicing CPR, the instructor, younger than our sons, rushed over to help her get up. She saw him coming and quickly got up on her own. When she...
She is a Labrador Retriever. She is a water dog. So why does she hate rain? During our walk today we got caught in a serious downpour. This was soak your socks rain. This was drip off your nose and wish you had windshield wipers...
I saw something today I don’t understand. Maybe someone can help me on this. I saw a house with solar panels covering the entirety of a roof. What puzzled me was the house was densely shaded on all sides by very large trees. How effective...
Our dog is amazing. Thunderstorms boom and flash all over our neighborhood and she never lifts even an ear. It is no big deal. We can go out into the yard and feel the coolness of an approaching storm pushing away the heat of the...
It’s been a bit dry in New England. Our city has asked us to only water our lawns and gardens every other day. But today one of our neighboring cities has banned any lawn and garden watering. So the question is how do you know...
There is a tiny (really tiny) ant on my white kitchen countertop. What should I do? Should I leave it alone? If I don’t call it an it but instead call it a he or a she I am beginning to personalize her which colors...
The drug commercials on television are amazing the way they treat our intelligence. They go something like this. If your legs are restless then you might have Restless Leg Syndrome. If you have dry eyes then you might have Dry Eye Syndrome. If you have...
We didn’t have any water when we got up this morning. I’m guessing there was an abundant use of cologne in our neighborhood this morning as people headed out to work. When I went out to pick up the morning paper I looked up the...
I was taken aback and almost horrified this weekend when someone asked me to pray for them because he was sure God would be sure to answer my prayers over others. While I was a bit flattered by the compliment nothing could be farther from...