Perfectly Proportioned
Why is it that 10 inches of new powder on the mountain delights and 10 inches piled high on my driveway derides? Same lovely white sparkle. Same fluffy consistency. Same complete coverage of everything in sight. The difference: perspective. One, I am meant to go out and play in. The other, I must plow through […]
Nature leaves no doubt
Why is it that when I look at nature – in its perfect synchrony, perfect rhythm, perfect spacing, incomprehensible power, miraculous gentility – I am startled into silence and awe and moved to tears? Captain Dave Anderson and his wife, obviously at great personal risk, witnessed and photographed these astounding moments. I know you will […]
Just Reward
The snow is melting taking the evidence of all my hard work with it. Soon, the path I shoveled so Silver could get to the fence will be gone. The piles around the drive that I heaved so my husband could get to work and my daughter could get to school – gone. The swath […]
Three’s not a crowd, it’s just right
“Oh, but it’s your passion, Wendy.” Well, yes, I do like to exercise and be outdoors and eat healthy foods and generally take care of my body. But that’s not actually the point. Don’t lump me with those ‘world’s biggest loser’ fans or those ‘organic everything’ fanatics or those ‘Xtreme sports’ folk. I am really […]
What runs through the center?
In the beginning, we agreed. Then there was the smallest ripple of discontent. A mere, “Aw come on.” And so we did. But we didn’t. Agree, that is. There was the tap, “Look at it this way.” Which led to the shoulder shake, “You have to admit…” which resulted in the back turn where after […]
You Have the Right to Remain Silent
Hang out… Listen… Walk in the truth. That’s what I heard in a sermon yesterday. The preacher is a young guy. Heck, Tim’s hardly even a thirty something. He’s a kid! And he’s got this nailed. Because he lives in the land of young people and he’s always looking around. He told us that these […]
Middling has Potential and Not Just for Monkeys
I think I may be a terminal moderate. I’m not sure whether this is good or bad. I’m in the middle of: I’m more of a: — Read the label, now the next one, fix it if you can, try the Nastar course, monitor your own pulse, seek what’s true — kind of gal. Jumping […]
Post-it note promptings
Sometimes I feel like God speaks to me in sticky notes. At times when there is so much to say, there are so many ideas to consider, or there’s no time to write it all down, I scribble the gist of it on sticky notes. On these occasions, my paper or my journal page or […]
Gotcha! not
I turn to write on the board and I hear it behind me. The scampering of feet, shuffling of desks, of papers, of books. Looking over my shoulder, nothing is amiss. Every student in his place. Every desk in its space. The smiles of sweetness greet me. “Yes, Dr. LeBolt?” I shake my head in […]
What if we’re dying and we don’t even know it?
It’s just an introductory song to get us going on a Sunday morning. High energy. I was broken and you healed me… I was dying and you gave me life, Yeah, that ole God is always helping us out in our troubles. It was just killing me, we say. I was dying out there, we […]