There was a parade in downtown Denver on Saturday. It was a celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. People lined the streets, where they cheered and waved as the parade participants flowed through the crowd. I watched for a while, wondering who these people were who marched so proudly through the onlookers. Were they famous people? […]
Well, this might be my last post before heading to Haiti on a mission trip. I am going to help with a teen retreat. As usual, I face the trip with a mixture of excitement, fear and trepidation. I am anxious. What if I don’t have enough material? What if I don’t have the right
[ Warning! If there is anyone out their who thinks I have perfected the Christian experience, the following post contains a big spoiler! ] We are called to love, but is it wrong to hate a dog? We have a dog that severely tests me. I chased him all over the neighborhood this week end
Getting in the way of oncoming traffic can be dangerous, especially if that oncoming traffic is me. Over the course of my life, I have run over a few things. I have splattered countless bugs on the windshield, perhaps squished a frog or two, and quite probably crushed a poor turtle. I remember hitting a squirrel,
I saw Saturn early this morning. So did a lot of other people, they just didn’t notice. Anyone who glanced at the sky could have seen it. From here on Earth, it looks like a star of average brightness. Until you look through a telescope. A telescope brings a wonder that is high above into earthly view.
I like free stuff. Free food; free gifts; free time. I even like buy-one-get-one-free sales at the grocery store. I don’t think I am unique in this. There seems to be something in most all of us that finds it hard to resist something free. Yesterday, I bought some chicken for lunch. Since I had
Her surgery went well. The tumor was benign. We had prayed for that. We had hoped for that. We even dared to expect that. But we knew it could have been otherwise, so we thank God for an answer to prayer and the result we had been hoping for. I don’t always get what I want. I don’t
There is a roll of insulation in my attic. It’s sitting there, packaged nice and neat, doing almost no good at all. Still rolled up tight in it’s original wrapper, it provides no insulating value. And it’s been that way for two years. When I bought it, I fully intended to take it to the
I have seen the giant Sequoia trees, but I’ve never seen the one who planted them. I have seen the Painted Desert, but I’ve never seen the one who brushed it’s colors. I have seen the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, but I’ve never seen the one who filled them. I have seen the light and