Thoughts On This Thanksgiving
Early morning thoughts on this Thanksgiving 2020… I snapped this photo just a few minutes ago. No one does pink and orange mornings like God. It’s quiet for the moment.…
Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL, USA
Roller Coaster
I don’t like roller coasters. So much that I managed to avoid them for the first 30 years of my life, with no plans to break the streak. I’d heard…
It Is What It Is
Are you in the middle of a hard season? Does it feel like you're living with circumstances that have moved in, unpacked, and have no plans to leave? Take a…
God Can…So Why Doesn’t He?
God can. So why doesn’t He? During my seminary years I had a cleaning business. All it took was one ad in the Mesa Tribune to get me started. “Thompson…
On Asking “Why?”
It was a scorching July day in southern Minnesota. One of those “90/90” days; 90 plus degrees and 90% humidity. Being smart people, we were inside the house enjoying the…
A Note To My Seminary Professor
April 21, 1998 Dr. (Fred) Chay, Is it always like this? They never call or stop you on the street 10 minutes after class when everything is fresh in your…
Extremes
What's the hottest you've ever been? What's the coldest you've ever been? Residing in the Phoenix valley for 14 years, I lived through a lot of hot. In fact, there's…
Plans
In July of 1981, having graduated high school and preparing for my freshman year at Northwestern College, I received two letters in the mail. They were from my soon to…
Bad Day
9:45 AM on Friday, June 8, 2007 at Aqua-Tots Swim School in Mesa, Arizona. Ron was working on his laptop while Paul and I were sitting at the meet and greet desk behind the glass.…
Megan
She’s a beautiful 8 year-old girl with spark and energy. Look at her face and into her bright eyes for only a second and you can feel her keen sense…