The mushroom didn’t amount to much. It was just a small little toadstool with a white top-cap, speckled with a few green flecks. Most people in the park walked right past it, never even noticing, but not Brian. Brian was a very unique young boy. He noticed everything. From several yards away, his mother watched […]
Usually when I come home from Haiti, I don’t bring much back. On the last day, I pack the big green suitcase with stuff I might use next year, then give the rest away. The green suitcase stays and the other suitcases get consolidated, one inside the other, with the innermost suitcase stuffed full of
I have a cold. No major illness. No major trial. Just the minor inconvenience of a headache and a nasal system full of snot. None the less, I will be glad when it’s over and the sickness is a memory. Colds do slow me down, but I try not to let them get me down.
The recent violence in this country, acts of pure evil carried out by what could only be godless, devil possessed pawns, is enough to bring many to despair, and all to unanswered questions. Shooting innocent children in school. Spraying bullets in a movie theatre. Gunning down random people in the street. Most everyone is saying something must be
In preparing for a trip to Haiti, I have been thinking about the theme of “Crime and Punishment.” More specifically, this morning I was thinking about what is often a precursor to the crime: temptation. The particular bit of scripture I was pondering was in the prayer Jesus taught us to pray. “Lead us not
There are only two hours left in the year. I need to write one more post to make my goal of at least three posts per month. So this is it. I almost figured it was too late to get it in. Procrastination can get you behind, but it’s no excuse for giving up. When
Perhaps I am a Scrooge. It is a little difficult to admit, but there is a part of me that leans toward the “Bah! Humbug!” side of Christmas. Maybe it’s because I am too selfish. Not with money. With time. Christmas always comes with so many demands on my time. The to-do list is a
We prayed for a good deal on a Sugar Glider. We prayed for a good deal on a Green Cheeked Conure. We saw the Sugar Glider for sale on Craigslist.com 15 minutes after it was posted, even though it was not listed correctly. We went to the lady’s house for the good deal on the
While I slept this morning, my automatic coffee maker made coffee for me. My automatic bread machine made cranberry bread for me. When my alarm automatically went off at the right time, I got up to enjoy the automatically made coffee along with the automatically made bread, while reading an automatic electronically delivered devotion. It