Month: June 2025
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The Importance of Letting Go: Lessons from Trees
On the golf course near where I work, there’s the cutest little oak sapling. It’s staked off, to protect from the wind, and encircled with chicken wire, to deter animal damage. But it will be several years before this little guy is a golfing hazard, as oak trees grow slowly. Speaking of years gone by,…
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Right Ideas but Wrong Timing: A Life Lesson
There was this guy I knew in college, I’ll call him Fred, who was a heavy sleeper. He could fall asleep, and stay asleep, almost anywhere. One Sunday evening, while his roommates played a raucous game of cards, Fred crawled up in his bunk bed and crashed. At some point during the night, the others…
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Turning to God in Times of Crisis
A couple from our church has a two-year old son. One day last week, the little one came down with a awful cough and started running a fever. His mother gave him some over-the-counter medicine and put him down for a nap, then called the doctor’s office to make an appointment. When the kid awoke,…
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