Strangers intimately bound together. A jovial man with a beautiful Santa beard read a book. A young lady quietly ate her burger and fries. A teenager rested quietly with her parents. Smiles. Quiet nappers. Men. Women. Young. Old. Rich. Poor. And my wife, Bert! Strangers bound together by one feared word — cancer. Each sharing the same treatment — chemo.…
Ponder This!
Do you like to ponder? I ponder the fact that we used to ponder more back in the “olden days”… the “olden days” meaning my childhood. We used to just sit and talk, on the sundeck swing or in the backyard. Sometimes I thought it was boring, but we sure did a lot of pondering! I like to ponder even…
Enlarge My Territory
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God…
Orders or Suggestions?
Sometimes nurses and doctors have funny relationships. One thing doctors do is write orders. These are things they want done for the patient — whether it be medications, activity, or treatments. The doctor puts the order in and nurses follow it…well most-time. One “funny” of the relationship is when either the nurse or the doctor refers to the “doctor’s order”…
Come On, God!
Tough week. Emotional last few days. Tomorrow I’m telling a children’s story I’ve named “Zack and the Appendix” at church. It’s conclusion is that God wants the best for us. Today I posted a picture on Facebook of streaming sunlight and commented that God was beaming. But does He? Is He? Missing my Dad for a whopping 20 years, the…
Four Days Late
We got to visit camp this weekend. I heart camp! It’s beautiful. It’s slower paced. It’s peaceful. It’s one of the best places on earth! We were talking to Hayden about how the summer has gone. How was the programming, I asked? He told us they’d had a continuing skit about suicide. He gave us the gist of it…life gets…
Preach It!
On June 23 my wife and I attended an all-Beethoven concert by the Artosphere Festival Orchestra. We noticed that over half of the musicians were under 40 and half of them were young women. One cellist was shorter than her cello. Most unique was the cartoon artist who illustrated the 6th Symphony on a large screen while it was being…
Cling!
I was sitting in the nursery today at work when a friend came in and said, “D’Rae, I did not know you had a blog!” I laughed and told her I was just one of several bloggers who wrote for my church’s blog. I told her I hadn’t been inspired to write for a while, but I was mulling over…
Fear Not!
Do not fear, I am with you. Gen. 26:24 Do not fear!….The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent. Ex. 14:13,14 The Lord, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed. Deut. 1:21 Do not be afraid or panic or tremble before them, for the Lord your God is the one Who goes before you…
Paper Towel & Jesus!
THIS. Oh! What is it you ask? Well, it’s a new, full paper towel roll, obviously. And I LOVE IT! I do not know why. It’s pretty lame, I admit. But putting out a new, full, complete paper towel roll always gives me a tiny bit of peace. A deep breath exhaled. A small sense of centered calm. While juggling…