To Face Unafraid
Have you ever noticed something you’ve never noticed before? I’ve heard the song all my life. Yet until the other day, the lyric has blown past me like snowflakes on…
24/7/365
The line of cars wraps around the building every morning, 7 days a week. Rain or shine, windy or calm, hot or cold, the Ford’s and Chevy’s and Nissan’s and…
Dumpster Roses
It’s not what I expect to find when I take out the trash. Laying on the ground at the foot of the dumpster is a clear glass vase filled with…
Terms And Conditions
During a Phoenix Seminary class in 1994, Dr. Norm Wakefield gave us a bookmark. I’ve had it in my Bible every day since. One side reads: “The terms and conditions…
Signature
In 1993 I was living in LeMars, Iowa, population 9,000 and the home of Wells Blue Bunny Ice Cream. It was the biggest town I’d ever lived in. It had an…
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…
Honeybee on Midas Touch
Honeybees
My favorite time of year here in the Phoenix valley is anytime my roses are blooming. Like right now. My back yard is awash in red, orange, white, lavender, pink,…
Waiting For Rain
It’s dry in the desert. That’s why they call it a desert. On a good year, the Phoenix valley receives only 7″ of rain. This hasn’t been a good year.…
Worry
Years ago my friend Glen, a cowboy who’d rather be horseback riding and team roping than doing anything else, summarized the inherent problem of not taking life one day at…