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Adaptor Anxiety and the Common Good
FAIR WARNING: This is going to sound like a rant. A rant from some ill-tempered old man… the blog post equivalent of me standing on my front porch, waving my arms, and yelling, “You kids! Get off my lawn!!” But… Continue reading
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Showing Off
I approach exercising much the same way I approach brushing my teeth. Grudgingly. Unexcitedly. Yet gloomily resigned to the fact that horrible consequences will likely follow if I don’t suck it up and JUST DO IT, as Phil Knight constantly… Continue reading
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My Twilight Confessions
I am an early bird. Always have been. Probably always will be. Of course, since retiring from my paying job in July 2019, the word “early” has been redefined somewhat. I no longer have to worry about getting to the… Continue reading
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19 Irises
Check out these absolutely STUNNING Iris flowers we saw on our morning walk. I’m really not much of a flower guy, but are those INCREDIBLE or what? I have always loved Irises. They are so soft and dainty, yet explosively extravagant in… Continue reading
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People are Not Pavers
In yet another one of those “stop the presses” moments I am becoming known for, today’s breaking news headline is: I RESTAINED THE DECK! This announcement ranks right up there in terms of earth-shatteringness with my last post where you heard… Continue reading
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A Little Corner of Order
We made the bed this morning. Yipppeee!! Skippy!! And when I say, “…we made the bed,” of course I mean JOAN – on her own – made the bed. Sometimes I help with the bedmaking. When I am around, that is. But many… Continue reading
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Holy Unsettledness!
I love to travel. In fact, Joan and I just returned from a great, nine-day trip to the state of New Mexico. In fact, if you’d like some tips on things to see and do in Taos, or White Sands… Continue reading
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Blessed Reassurance
Oh, how I loved it. How it used to stir my soul. There we were, sitting in our neat rows in Mrs. Olds’ fifth grade classroom. She had just posed a question to the entire class… on which topic I… Continue reading
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Picking the Right Place
Visiting Israel is a sacred, life-changing experience. Like parenthood, nothing can quite prepare you for what it feels like to put your own feet on the exact same places where Jesus put his. That is, if you can figure out which places… Continue reading
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Easter, God’s Will, and the War in Ukraine
Since the beginning of time, war has been hell. War costs millions of innocent lives. In the blink of an eye, war destroys people, communities, vegetation, and futures. Some of us have seen war firsthand. Most of us have just… Continue reading
Russellings of the Spirit 