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Problems In The Parking Lot!
Posted on July 22, 2021 Leave a Comment
July 22, 2021 Problems In The Parking Lot! His dog would not walk! They were in the middle of the church parking lot when the dog laid down and would not get up. I don’t know if the dog was tired, hurting, or just lazy. But, the dog refused to walk. If it would have […]
Held Hostage!
Posted on July 8, 2021 Leave a Comment
July 8, 2021 Held Hostage! There is a great deal going on in my family right now. Some are living with cancer or pre-cancer, two are in process of being admitted to nursing homes, and a few have endured major surgeries in the last few months. One has had their business severely cut back because […]
Baseballs, Brats, And Bangs!
Posted on July 1, 2021 Leave a Comment
July 1, 2021 Baseballs, Brats, And Bangs! I walked by the baseball fields west of the hospital earlier this week. I noticed that every ball diamond was full of young children and students as well as crowds of family and friends. I heard shouts of encouragement from coaches as well as coaching from parents and […]
Prodigals!
Posted on June 24, 2021 Leave a Comment
June 24, 2021 Prodigals! She is lost as lost can be. She is trying her best but struggles to fit in. There are few people she would call a friend. She floats from one relative to another every week for a place to sleep. She puts on a happy face but cannot disguise the pain […]
Curve Balls!
Posted on June 17, 2021 Leave a Comment
June 17, 2021 Curve Balls! I was watching one of the final games of the NCAA College Women’s Softball Tournament a couple of weeks ago. Sometime during the game, the announcer said something I already knew but the words seemed to strike me in a fresh way. The announcer commented about the curve of the […]
Soul Home!
Posted on June 10, 2021 Leave a Comment
June 10, 2021 Soul-Home! I may have made a mistake. While our kitchen was being gutted and remodeled, my wife and I decided to do a deep spring cleaning and have a garage sale…for two days on one week-end and two days on another week-end. It sounded like a great idea when we first talked. […]
Soul Pace!
Posted on June 3, 2021 Leave a Comment
June 3, 2021 Soul Pace! There was a time when I was running early each morning. Then, the joints started complaining…pretty much all the time and pretty loudly. I talked to my doctor and he recommended a different form of exercise. I shifted to riding a stationary bike and walking. Then, I discovered the stationary […]
Soul-Identity!
Posted on May 27, 2021 Leave a Comment
May 27, 2021 Soul-Identity! Who are you? I mean scrape off all the layers you want others to see and then a few of the layers below that and who are you. Really! Who are you so deep down inside your soul that Jesus is the only other person who has ever seen the real […]
Soul Settled!
Posted on May 20, 2021 Leave a Comment
May 13, 2021 Soul-Settled! Around 5:00 a.m. most mornings, I embark on about a three mile walk. The walk is my quiet time; a time for exercise and a time for praying out loud. Yes, at 5:00 a.m. you can pray out loud because no one is outside! It’s an intimate time in which I […]
Soul-Journey!
Posted on May 13, 2021 Leave a Comment
May 13, 2021 Soul-Journey! Last weekend, I joined our community in celebrating the high school graduation of several students. It was a great day; there was lots of energy, lots of excitement, and lots of dreams. I was happy for the students and their families. As I wandered through the crowds at each graduation party, […]
Take Delight 