I’m uncertain of what lies ahead, and recent years have been a bit bumpy. Joy seems to flee a bit more readily. The person I am today doesn’t feel like the version found in my recent past. My daughter believes the change began during the building of our new home. My inclination is that it started earlier than that. The …
Reminders
Over this past year, I have once again come face to face with my humanity, its depravity and my need of a Savior. I guess I never forgot it completely. Yet one hazard of the Christian life is the tendency to measure performance and grade ourselves on how well we are living particularly in comparison with others. Due to our …
Thin places
I wasn’t in the room when Dad passed. He had been sick for quite a number of years diagnosed with both Parkinson’s disease and dementia. During the proceeding months, Dad had grown weaker and was unable to eat. At the very end of his journey, my amazing Mom was finally unable to care for him on her own. His last …