Month: June 2023

  • Paws and Reflect (4): Finding More Strays

    Paws and Reflect (4): Finding More Strays

    The adventures of a dog who followed Jesus.

  • The Icing on the Cake

    The Icing on the Cake

    As soon as I walked through the door yesterday afternoon, I knew where it was. My nose led me to the kitchen where a freshly baked strawberry bundt cake cooled on the counter. No, it wasn’t ready to eat, but Nancy was out watering her flowers, and I couldn’t resist. Two pieces later, with crumbs…

  • Is Hope a Sustainable Strategy?

    Is Hope a Sustainable Strategy?

    The pint-sized kindergartener kept heaving the full-size basketball upward towards the goal. The rim was set to seven feet high, but the little girl is only half that tall. Yet there she was, trying over and over to reach the basket. My wife walked by at some point, unaware just how long the tenacious child…

  • Hurry Up or Wait?

    Hurry Up or Wait?

    It happened over two decades ago, but it feels like yesterday. I knew it was time to leave the church where I’d served for three and a half years. But I didn’t have an exit strategy. “No problem,” I thought. “I’ll just put out some feelers while I decide what to do.” A week later…

  • Anxiety + Resiliency = “Anxiliency”

    Anxiety + Resiliency = “Anxiliency”

    “You help someone by telling them your story,” says my blogger friend Mitch Teemley. Okay, that’s not a direct quote, but it sums up his purpose in story telling–I think. Since I linked back to his site, maybe he’ll chime in.🤞 My story goes like this: at times I’ve been like a leafless tree, watching…