Welcome Warmth
It is amazing how nature’s handiwork can be so diverse. Hardly could it be dealt by the same hand. Certainly no human hand. Hold us close. Keep us warm and bring us safely back to you.
Child’s Play
How many people don’t step toward God because they aren’t sure of the right direction? I don’t know either. I just lean and, rather than fall on my face, one foot steps out to catch me. God’s like that. Right or left? Good. And again. Good. I know this game! We used to call it […]
Balance is temporary, centered is forever
A little more here. A little more over there. Up a little. Down a little. How we seek level. Even. Balanced. We can help each other balance. Lend a hand, a perspective, a nip, a tuck. But, to be centered. On the page On the wall Of life God’s “Masterpiece”
First things first: Who’s in charge of the calendar?
If I don’t carve out time for priority items on my calendar, I can be sure that every other thing in life will take their place. Then I will surely try to shoehorn God in somewhere. How different things would be if I put God first and let Him show me where everything else is meant […]
Messy on the Moguls
There is just something majestic about the view from the chairlift, mountains of rolling powder speckled with evergreens and interstitial aspens. The sky rising above them is an impossible blue, and the bright orb of sun insists you avert your eyes until green branches deflect the intensity and invite a moment of marvel. White sparkles […]
Bad luck wins only if we let it
Would you rather be lucky or good? I mean, you can work your whole life to be as good as you can be, better than everyone else, the best in the business, top of your game and then, in an instant, a little bad luck takes the game away from you. I’m not sure this […]
Exchanging Fear and Worry for Thanks
New every morning. Or after a nap, a good run, a walk around the lake. It’s not the rising and setting of sun that sets my mood, it’s the respite. A time to let the mind wander and tippy toe over the field of neurons who happily spark and ignite one another on their merry […]
When play was work, and work was play
I kick away the packed and icy snow from the slate walk and it breaks into chunks. Like tectonic plates, the continents move aside to reveal the dark stone underneath. I am transported back to the elementary school playground. Hour upon hour we played 4-square on that black top. Except on icy days when inch-thick […]
Failure isn’t fatal
It’s fortunate. It tells us we have reached the point where we can no longer continue without change, without a new approach, a new learning. We have reached the limit of our current ability. It gives us a measure of where we are today, and how far we’ve come. It is a limit without limiting, […]
Helicopter Parenting: It’s Biblical!
“… the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him. “What is it you want?” (Jesus) asked. She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.” (Matthew 20:20-21) Oh my goodness, we’ve […]