Years ago my mother did the family laundry with a wooden tub with a paddle/agitator connected. She swished the laundry around by a crank. Rinsing the clothes was done in two tubs. A wringer was mounted onto the wooden tub. The wet clothes were hung on long wires attached to two poles. Nothing else could be done all day. My…
Month: June 2016
Let’s Toss the Labels!
Our friend and co-blogger Maddie Hosteter recently posted an interesting blog one of her friends wrote about how Millennials feel about the church. It brought a few debating comments, but I was left with this question — what is a Millennial? I’ve heard the term, but honestly what does this Millennial label even mean? So, even though I didn’t think…
A New Old Bike
World War II had just ended. New bicycles once more appeared in the window of the Western Auto store. A blue beauty with headlight and horn was my dream. More than once I begged Mom to buy it. Her answer was consistent-We can’t afford it. School mates increasingly filled the school bike rack with new bikes. I wondered why their…
Blind Guides
I am so glad I went to church today. It was good to meet together. There were some laughs! There were some tears. I realize how I overuse exclamation marks in my blogs!!!! I got to see some walking miracles. I got to talk to some exuberant kids. My soul was fed by Word and song. My tummy was fed…
Standing on the Precipice of Life
I love this picture that Ben took of his cousin, Crew, at Eden Falls near Ponca, Arkansas. It is striking to me. A small, timid boy, looking over a grand precipice into the roar of a waterfall. It’s a bit David and Goliath-ish, isn’t it? Sometimes we feel small. Scared. Uncertain. Inadequate. We are ridden with guilt. We feel like failures. And…