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Good luck!
Hey… check out this clover from my back yard. I guess clover is supposed to be a bad thing to have in your yard, but I really like the look of it. It transports me to Ireland for a fleeting… Continue reading
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Wasps?
I’m not sure it is bad enough to call it a wasp problem. Even the word concern gives it a little more gravity than it deserves. So let’s go with either the phrase wasp vexation or wasp annoyance. It all… Continue reading
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It’s Not Fair!
“IT’S NOT FAIR!” If you are a parent and have NOT heard this phrase at least 65,000 times from your kids, you’re not doing it right. In my experience, no one has a keener sense of fairness than those miniature… Continue reading
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Play Ball!
Ahhhhhhhh! That sound you just heard is the same sound you hear when a thirsty, parched man is finally able to take a deep, satisfying drink of cold water. It is also the sound I make – totally involuntarily –… Continue reading
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DO IT
“Wow!” my wife remarked to our friend Bill recently as we sat down with he and his wife for dinner… (not his real name, by the way. But I’m not changing it to protect him from embarrassment. I’m changing it… Continue reading
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A CASE OF THE DRIFTS
I got a little bit of a scare the other day. As I was driving back home after having spent the day in the two small communities where I serve, I noticed a bit of weariness beginning to set in.… Continue reading
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License Plates
“UBUIBME” I am pretty sure – had he lived today in this post-modern, American culture – the Apostle Paul would have included my unique skill among the spiritual gifts he lists in 1 Corinthians 12:4-11. Yes… had he written that… Continue reading
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Mealtime
“So… what are you hungry for?” If your household is anything like mine, this is a question that crops up on a fairly regular basis… usually an hour or two prior to the designated hour of the evening meal. And… Continue reading
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Grapes and the Dude
I remember a sketch from Saturday Night Live a few years ago that caused me to laugh out loud… and wince a little bit, too. This sketch was called, “Short Attention Span Theater.” It featured fictional plays and dramas that… Continue reading
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The Love Question
By all accounts, the first to ask the musical version of the question was Bo Diddley in 1956. Ronnie Hawkins sang/asked it again in 1963, followed by Quicksilver Messenger Service in 1969, and then George Thorogood in 1984 and probably… Continue reading
Russellings of the Spirit 