Jul 22, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
I’m not normally overly chatty in restaurants, but there’s something about sitting at a lunch counter that encourages conversation Recently, a guy next to me and I talked about the drought. I enjoyed the banter, even though it was only the weather. But I couldn’t...
Jul 15, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
The only thing “fresh” about the limestone house with its gambrel roof were the blue hydrangea bouquets that graced the pockmarked breakfast table. That table, like the rest of the furnishings in the lakefront bed and breakfast, was too new to qualify as antique but...
Jul 8, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Bold coffee was poured and reference books were piled high. I opened my heart, my head and a new document on my computer. “Lord, I really need your help,” I prayed. “Please give me wisdom and inspiration.” It was 5:00 am on a Thursday morning, and I was writing a...
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Jul 1, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Marilyn and I love to go for a walk in the cool of the summer morning. Mollie, our Boston Terrier, must be coaxed to go along. Still in her bed by the door, I’ll ask, “Mollie, do you want to go for a walk?” Unlike most dogs who would jump up delighted to be included,...
Jun 24, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
If you’ve ever traveled to a foreign country, you’ve experienced the anxiety of exchanging your hard earned green-backs for funky looking paper bills that, someone assures you in broken English, have the same purchasing power in their country as your dollars did in...
Jun 17, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
I’ve lost a filling from one of my molars and my tongue, which insists on probing the crevasse on a minute by minute basis, has reported to my brain that the hole is at least three inches across and apparently bottomless. So… I’m sitting in my dentist’s waiting room...
Jun 10, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Life changing events, watershed moments that transform our lives, come in at least two versions. There’s the classic, “Wow, I didn’t see that coming!” in which an event suddenly and significantly changes our life… a promotion that moves your family to another...
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Jun 3, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
I picked up a newspaper and chuckled sarcastically as I read an ad from a big box store declaring its patriotism with “Memorable Savings.” And oh, by the way, in the “spirit of the holiday” the store bragged it would not only remain open on the holiday, but was...
May 27, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
If you’ve ever rented a car at an airport, you’ve likely driven over a row of hinged spikes set in the pavement that point menacingly in the opposite direction. A huge sign screams, “WARNING, DO NOT BACK UP—SEVERE TIRE DAMAGE WILL RESULT!” I find it unnerving to...
