Hope Deferred?
Remember the TLC reality show A Baby Story? I guess it's still being broadcast, but I haven't seen it since the late 1990s. I had to stop...
The Right Race
"Keeping Up With The Joneses" was a comic strip in the 1920s. America was dancing through an economic boom. The middle class was growing,...
Modern Pharisees
In Ancient Israel, to be a Pharisee was to hold a position of power and prestige. They were the ones people turned to for guidance. They...
This Little Inch Worm
By definition, inch worms don't travel the world. They move one inch at a time. They seem to be a bit like the tortoise, slow and steady....
A Squealing Recorder
Facebook reminded me today of a post from two years ago. I had written that my young neighbor, probably a second or third grader, had...
You Are Exactly Where You Thought You Would Be
If you had asked me when I was a child, what I wanted to be when I grew up, teacher and writer would have been on the list. I am nothing...
Chain Repair
I don't wear much jewelry, but I imagine if you have a necklace of your mother's and the chain breaks, you'll take it to a jeweler and...
The Road Home
Summer is the time for travel, vacations, and short get-aways. Summer is winding down, and we're weary and ready for a change. Before we...
True Self
Tonight I read a passage of Scripture that is not entirely foreign to me. I mean, I've read it before. Much as I wish I could claim to...
A Broken Lens
Galileo is famous for his invention of the telescope, but the most famous telescope is named for astronomer Edwin Hubble. NASA launched...
