Category: Faith
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One Firefly Night
It was early summer. Just after dusk, I sat on the back porch taking in the sounds of nature. There were a few crickets and some bird who didn’t know not to sing after sun down. It was all garden variety, until my eye caught a green blink…blink…blink. A firefly! Hyper-focused, I tried to guess…
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Breakfast Down the Hall
Every morning, when I come in from car line at my school, I walk the main hallway–all 900 feet of it–to help monitor students. Children, already laden down with their school backpacks, pick up breakfast in the cafeteria, and then walk the hundreds-of-feet gauntlet to their classrooms. Not all the breakfast items survive the trip…
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Drawn to the Light
One night this summer, I accidentally left the garage door up with the lights turned on. It was three hours later before I discovered my oversight. As I opened the door that leads into the garage from the laundry room, I was greeted with a surreal sight: dozens of moths! They were on the walls,…
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Surfing Uncertainty
When in a crisis, it’s a good idea to consult someone who has survived a few. Actor Alan Alda, 87–of T.V. show M*A*S*H fame–was asked in a 2020 interview how optimistic he was for his children and grandchildren’s future. Here’s what he told AARP magazine: With the world changing so rapidly, there’s no point in being optimistic…
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Paws and Reflect (2): The Storm on the Water
The adventures of a dog who followed Jesus.
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Head over Heals
I was fifteen years old when I found my first real girlfriend. To say I was smitten is putting it mildly. I followed “Sweet Thing,” as my family called her, around like a love sick puppy. One day, she wanted to leave our high school campus at lunch time, so I walked with her a…
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