The most amazing thing about that willow tree, wasn’t that it remained standing the day after the storm. It is that it has continued to grow in spite of the damage it incurred.
Category: on Scripture
My new Bible-reading plan.
I didn’t choose a Bible reading plan. I’m not checking any boxes. I’m not following a calendar or schedule. I’m just reading, slowly and deliberately, and pausing to reflect when God speaks more loudly. I’m preparing my answer and readying my spirit, and praying that God will give me clarity and confidence whenever I have the opportunity to tell his story.
Let not your hearts be troubled.
I’ve tried several times and in several ways over the past few days to answer the question many people are asking: Are you having camp this summer? So many things have made this a hard (if not impossible) question to answer. Things are changing so rapidly. Things are unpredictable. Things are out of my (our) […]
Not surprised.
I was surprised or maybe perplexed at first (though that’s not a word I often use), when I walked around the east side of my house yesterday afternoon and saw the daffodils about to bloom. I don’t know why I was surprised that spring had arrived… I had seen all the signs. The snow had […]
Consider the birds.
My new normal includes cloudless skies without the crisscross trails from jets passing overhead. My new normal includes roads without traffic for afternoon walks with my wife. My new normal includes moments to wander around the yard to check up on the spring bulbs as they break through to the spring. And, my new normal […]