I saw him yesterday. My brother. My best friend. A decade apart. Families separated. No hate, or anger, or bitterness…just a job move. Out of state. Parting ways….Never an easy thing. Children at the time. Naive. Starting our own families. A bridge that grew as distance stayed. Between wives. Husbands. Kids. Families. Yet, distance longs for […]
Went biking today. My youngest, almost five. She tried…not a trike…but a “big girl” bike this time. With training wheels. Even we ride, at times, with training wheels, sometimes…in most uncertain times. Don’t we? False assurance that when we fall, rolling pieces of plastic will catch us…instead of Christ, who paid it all? The trail? […]
Foster Parents. Taking on the task…of caring for the weak, the young…the outcast. Eight years now. Babies mostly. Preemies. Babies exposed to crack and meth amphetamines. A heartbreaking journey…at times. But also beautiful…..A place where God’s grace most definitely resides. His voice clear, along our journey. It’s Him who picks each child that enters our family. […]
Home Group. A Symphony. Starting weak and growing strong. The ensemble enters. The living room. Children play, yet watching the parade. Taking seats in their designated places. To play, in harmony. A perfect tune. The Conductor, prayed in. He is here. He instructs. He is truth. Trusting Him, we start. Each plays his/her part. Not a […]
My Son, What do I say? You turn eighteen today. Grown…in every way. From soft, baby skin & long, skinny feet, to a strapping man, now 6 foot 3. To write this, son, is bitter, sweet. You grabbed my heart before your birth. Talking to you, playing classical music to you, and loving you long before […]
I have heard it said, “You can never kill another man without killing a piece of yourself”. Is it true? When we hurt another, maim another, destroy another, we are obliterating a piece of who we are? Christ came to give life and life abundantly. Yet, man destroys life? Kills? Mains? Not just with guns […]