Tag: Christian Living
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The True Vine
Our back and side flower beds are filled with a hardy vine we started several years ago from just a few sprigs. Here’s a photo of our side flower bed: Do you see the different type of vine in the front-center—weaving its way in? It’s something wild that planted itself there. We have to keep…
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An Anchor for the Soul
It’s state testing time in many schools across the United States, and students are feeling the stress. Last week? I proctored (observed) for a fourth-grade classroom where you could feel the tension in the air. After the test administrator (teacher) finished reading from a pretest script, he asked his students if they had any questions.…
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Cardboard Certainty
One of the joys of being an educational administrator in an elementary school is eating lunch with the students. Whenever my schedule allows, I sit at a back table in the cafeteria with a small group of kids and visit with them as we eat. One day last week when lunch was over, a student…
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When Down Means Up
Chris Thelen, from the 140 Character Christian got my attention recently with his post What Does Being Poor in Spirit Get You? My blogger friend pondered why Jesus started his Sermon on the Mount with this: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Jesus- Matthew 5:3 (NIV) If I’d…
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Being Still
“David, be still!” I heard this a lot as a kid. Usually it was my dad or two older brothers and all they wanted was for me to stop squirming and be quiet. In fact, when I was six years old one of my brothers offered to give me a dollar to be quiet for…
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Right Place. Right Time.
Yesterday, at the urgent care clinic, a boy who looked to be 10-12 years old was in the waiting room sitting with his mother. I noticed he was holding a little puppy. It wasn’t a stuffed animal, but a real live miniature dog–licking his face! When it came time for the boy to go back…
Davids Daily Dose 