I sent them a package at Christmas: German souvenirs for Dad, a hand-made tote for Mom, pictures of the monkeys, and a handwritten letter recounting the various adventures of our life – this trip overseas, that upcoming retirement, this new sewing ministry. I confessed how how their influence shaped my path – how her love…
If you want to laugh, and I mean laugh out loud in the face of a bitter Winter wind. If you want heads to turn at at the sound of your guffawing and people to think you’re the cheeriest, chuckling, ear-bud wearing runner (or walker) on the trail… Then you’ve got to meet Brant &…
They woke up to breakfast in bed for nearly 40 straight years. They hurried under the shadow of His wing by day and sat by the cloud of His fire by night. They slept, ate, and breathed the presence of the Holy One {2 Kings 19:22}, the God of angel armies {Rev 19:14}, and the…
“No, no no! I don’t wanna! I don’t wanna!” “Just leave me alone. Just leave me alone. Just leave me alone…{sigh}. Don’t leave me alone! Don’t leave me alone! Don’t leave me alone!” The lyrics of an old Bare Naked Ladies song (yes, they really are a music group, and no, they aren’t ladies…or naked);…
When I wrote how I might never find my death, or the life Christ wants to live through me, I never believed my death would come knocking so soon. Let me explain… With four blessings from heaven at home…every day, this place often exceeds local noise ordinances, and it’s not all fun and games. Dreams…
Crossing Jordan 