Dear Friends, Human nature tends to resist change. A lot of things motivate that resistance — pride, comfort, the threat of loss, fear of the unknown and disruption of familiar patterns and relationships would be some of those things. Yet, because we are mortal with limitations and inadequacies, change is inevitable. Jesus faced change as
Dear Friends, On a cold but sunny winter afternoon, I was seated on a large tractor tire tube racing down a snow-covered mountain slope. The tube hit a mound and went airborne. The rider in front of me fell off. I hung on when the tube slammed down. My neck wrenched with a crunch. I
Dear Friends, Scripture tells Christ followers, “We walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Cor 5:7). Yet there are times when heeding the Lord’s call and following his instruction brings us to a place of realistic impossibility, severely challenging our faith. Prominent Bible stories of such circumstances involve impassable bodies of water, both literal and
Dear Friends, Thank you, thank you, to all of you who wrote in response to my poem in last week’s message. I treasure each and every one of those responses and I am so glad my words moved you to write. . . . Patricia and I have found it helpful and cost effective to
Dear Friends, Although I write poetry, I rarely if ever share it because the words come from a place too close to my heart to risk the scrutiny of others. My thoughts and feelings sprawl out and refuse to be stuffed into the strict 5-7-5 syllabic rhythm of classical Haiku or the measured perfection of