Tag: Jesus

  • The Search

    The Search

    There was once a wealthy heiress to a real estate fortune who was a collector of fine art. In particular, she was keen to acquire the early paintings of Pablo Picasso. Virtually every time a work from his Blue Period, when he painted mostly in shades of blue and blue-green, became available, the heiress tried…

  • Embracing Life’s Seasons: Change and Growth

    Embracing Life’s Seasons: Change and Growth

    Yesterday morning amber leaves fluttered down from our front yard tree as matching butterflies flitted among them. “It’s the beginning of the end,” I said to myself, realizing that the branches would soon be empty and the butterflies gone. If only the seasons of life were so easily seen. Over the years, too many transitions…

  • Daddy’s First Car

    Daddy’s First Car

    Early in my nursing home ministry days, I purchased a digital audio recorder, to capture some of the fascinating stories the residents shared. I loved the one told us by a ninety-year-old lady about how the children in her one room schoolhouse crowded around one of the few radios in their community to hear President…

  • Mind the Checks: Understanding Divine Guidance

    Mind the Checks: Understanding Divine Guidance

    On my daily commute to work, there’s a merge onto the interstate, that can sometimes be harrowing. Thankfully, it’s a fairly long view looking back as you prepare to enter the motorway. One early morning last week I came to the familiar junction and saw no approaching headlights. Yet, as I accelerated onto the highway,…

  • Paws and Reflect (13): The Rich Good Guy

    Paws and Reflect (13): The Rich Good Guy

    The adventures of a dog who followed Jesus.

  • Building Legacies Through Kindness and Faith

    Building Legacies Through Kindness and Faith

    This year when I reported back to work as an elementary assistant principal, I noticed some new faces. As I introduced myself to an assistant principal who looked older than me, and I’m a middle-aged guy, I assumed she was someone who retired, and then was rehired. When I told her my name and asked…