E-Har-Har-Harmony
Sometimes we just have to laugh. As Frederick Buechner wrote, “Laughing is better than crying and maybe not even all that different…(because) no matter what the immediate occasion is of…
Submission Hold
My twin daughters Annie and Emma are 10 years old. You can’t tell by looking at them now, but they were preemies. Born seven and a half weeks early they…
Remember Who You’re Talking To
Our parents said it to us at some point after we learned to talk. We say it to our kids at some point after they learn to talk. We hear…
Church Hoppers
My cousin Jack serves as pastor of Buffalo Springs Community Church, just outside Lubbock, Texas. When he started there he was told they had a tradition of the pastor doing…
Monet 77
What are you signing your name to? Some years ago my friend Duane Cross and I were in the Chicago area attending a preaching/speaking conference at Willow Creek Church. Before…
Pecking At Pebbles
Have you ever tried to make something be what it can never be? Annie and Emma are in the back seat at Sonic Drive-In, enjoying an after school snack while…
Triple Word Score
As a kid I was blessed to live near all my Grandparents. My Dad’s parents lived a half mile away and my Mom’s folks less than 2 miles away. The close…
Ghost Writer
The wall mounted mirror is behind the door so you don’t see it when you walk in. Only when you walk out. Even then, I never paid any attention to…