What We Give Away Lasts
What will I have when I come to the end of myself? Nothing, except all I’ve given away. Not, tossed to the four winds for others to scrape off the sidewalk, pluck out of the trees, or dig out from under. No, what will be is what I have left with others. Given to those […]
How Could Someone DO Something Like That?
How could someone DO something like that? This is what we ask ourselves when events like the recent crash of the German passenger plane happen. Or bombings at a marathon finish line. Or shootings at numerous schools. Or museums. Or places of worship. We are faulty, we humans. But are we at fault? Can we […]
Why Do a Book Signing?
Riddle me this. Why is a book signed by the author worth more than the book, unsigned? It isn’t, to you, but it is to them. You know that your signature isn’t worth any more than the ink you use to sign it. But, your message and your signature designate this book as meant especially […]
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 […]
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 […]
Coming of Age
We tend to think of “coming of age” as a once in a lifetime experience, or at least one season of our lives. Then we’re done. Thank goodness that’s over. Now I can move on to adult things, and put those childish ways behind me. But what if I don’t, or rather, I can’t. At […]
Without a deadline, I’d never get to Christmas
It’s amazing what a deadline does. Take Christmas for example. On December 25th, at least in these parts, folks wake up to Christmas day and they expect their gifts to be under the tree, stockings to be filled and Christmas dinner preparations to be well under way. As the Dr. Seuss’ Grinch so aptly points […]
Good words inspired by the Good Word
Dear friends, As we turn the page to a new year, here are a few sentiments that held special meaning for me from the pages of my copy of the Upper Room devotional booklet. Happy New Year! “While living the Christian life is difficult – even risky – what it means to be a Christian […]
Sketching angels that are bigger than life
Ah, the clean slate of a new year. Fresh off the Christmas holiday, we’re feeling good about ourselves. Time to activate on the new year’s resolutions. Weight loss? Exercise? Quitting that bad habit? Nah, let’s not bother with the small stuff. Let’s go big. “Seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness and all these things […]
Nothing brings light like a child, or acting like one
What if by “you are the light of the world” Jesus really meant,”Go, lighten your world?” Not shine light on dark things. Not draw attention with your sparkle. Not even ‘reflect My light,’ because He knew the day would come when the dark would grow darker and the Christ light would seem dimmer. What if, ‘you […]