Putting Fun in it’s Place
Okay, competitors, here are the rules: the one who has the most fun wins. Go! Children do it naturally. Teens do it clandestinely. Adults do it grudgingly or not at all. How have we lost our way? Somehow, in the important-ness of following the rules, doing it right, getting good grades and earning approval, the […]
Melt my hard heart
Melt my hard heart, Oh God, and renew a right spirit within me. Why, of why, do I hold on to what is beyond my control, to what is too heavy to bear, to what burdens and saps my strength? Because I have become accustomed to it. It has become my way. Your ways are […]
Survival Training for the Winter Ice Breaker Tournament
We’ve nearly survived the snow and ice, now how about the Icebreaker? The tournament, I mean. Can you believe spring soccer is just around the bend? This year the weather has prevented most teams from doing a lot of preseason preparation. What will this mean when the team takes the field in March? Is there […]
To Play Like Never Before
What if you arrived for the team tryout and the head coach said, You’re already on the team. Just have fun.? How would you play? Would you just go through the motions? Would you look down your nose at the others? Would you look at the others and wonder why, among all these, you were […]
How to Put the SHOW in Showcase
Showcase…just the word puts you on guard. You’re the center of things. On the big field, the feature field, the stadium field, the special turf. Coaches come from far and wide to watch you play. You know who they are, even behind their shades, because they are standing there with their clipboards and game sheets, […]
Boldness Before God is Humbling
God doesn’t concern Himself with small things, just the big stuff. You do not have, because you do not ask. God doesn’t need my advice. You do not have, because you do not ask. God already knows what I need. You do not have, because you do not ask. God’s will be done. There, that […]
Good words inspired by the Good Word II
Dear friends, As we turn the page to March and hope and pray for warmer weather and longer days, here are a few sentiments that held special meaning for me from the pages of my copy of the Upper Room devotional booklet. Perhaps you have some to share in the comments. *** (After a senseless […]
Play, the Great Leveler
Remember the carefree days of unencumbered play? When we gathered a group of friends, boys and girls, older and younger, and set out for the open field, or the hillside, or the climbing tree? There was not one right way to run or jump or roll or climb. We each just did it in our […]
Enough
I am enough. Not, I have had enough! Rather, I have what I need for whatever may come. What I lack will be supplied, My surplus will be distributed. Nothing of me will be left behind. Nothing, but what I give away. God never fails to replace what I give away. I am more than […]
Dear Keurig
You are so convenient. I can get what I want immediately. Power. Poke. Press. Presto! I have my solo cup of java and toss the evidence. Next customer. But what of the sound of grinding? smell of brewing? delightful waiting that stirs the taste buds as I watch the beverage climb its way up my […]