Imagine with me for a moment, a family parked in the driveway of their home as it burns and is consumed by flames. Inside the car, parents are screaming accusations at the top of their lungs. Horrified, the children observe and try to make sense of what they see and hear from the backseat. Loss, […]
Category Archives: Faith
A Time For Everything/A Time To Uproot, A Time To Quit
Solomon, one of the wisest men who ever lived, said it best, “There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens – a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot.” Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 The past month has catapulted […]
Thoughts About My Mother and Pierced Ears
It’s been two weeks since my mother died. In some ways it seems like yesterday and at other times – a lifetime ago. My brother told me he’s having a really hard time shaking images from his mind of her final days. The mental pictures are indelibly haunting to him. There are certain […]
How Do You Describe God?
Someone recently asked me how I would describe God. My mind immediately went to the ancient parable of the blind men discovering an elephant for the first time. With great fascination they each grabbed hold of part of the giant beast in order to better understand it. As one man felt its large ear […]
Back to School Days
It’s been five and a half years since I walked off my school campus for the last time. And it’s been almost as long since my stomach stopped the yearly churning of anticipation that comes about this time each year. I have to admit – I miss teaching. Teaching is an honorable profession. It’s […]