An Eeyore or Tigger View of Life?
Sunday, April 6th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality, Theology, Thoughts about God | 2 Comments »"Each of us must make a decision, best captured in A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh characters. Am I a fun-loving Tigger or a sad-sack Eeyore?" So asks Randy Pausch in his Parade Magazine article (April 6, 2008). Randy is most famous for ...
Prescription for Rest
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality, Thoughts about God | No Comments »Going through my mail this morning at the office, I opened a letter from Rick, one of the guys in my minister's accountability group. It was a note to Diann and me. "Bonita and I just wanted you to know ...
We See the Volcano Erupt!
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted in Thoughts about God | No Comments »I was recently in Mexico, about an hour south of Mexico City, at Refuge Ranch, home to our daughter and her family. The ranch is within 25 miles of Popo the volcano. While the sun was setting it erupted in a ...
Windblown Icicle
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 Posted in Thoughts about God | 1 Comment »This is a photo I took under an Iowa bridge. The melting snow flowed through the drain on the bridge and should have dropped into the stream below. The cold weather, however, turned it into an icicle and the strong ...
The Christmas Ladder
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 Posted in Holidays, Thoughts about God | No Comments »I wrote a Christmas story called The Christmas Ladder that you can view as a web page or download as a pdf file to print. I know, it sounds strange to talk of a Christmas ladder, but I have my reasons. A ladder's meant ...
The Miracle of His Coming
Saturday, December 15th, 2007 Posted in Holidays, Thoughts about God | No Comments »(a photo of mine I'll be using in Sunday's sermon along with the following piece) Jesus For all eternity, the second member of the triune God, Father, Son, and Spirit enjoying perfect holy harmony. From the timelessness of eternity's heaven they came into earth's ...
Laughing Christ
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 Posted in Thoughts about God | No Comments »In a previous post we reflected on the uniqueness of humor to humans. I believe humor is tied to our spiritual nature. The humor of Christ is expressed in the accompanying charcoal artwork done by a local artist I know, Robert ...
Laughter and Faith
Saturday, November 24th, 2007 Posted in Thoughts about God | 1 Comment »Our son, his wife, and our grandson are visiting with us a couple of days. Of course Diann and I are having a great time with our six month old grandson, Casey. One of the fun things we do as grandpa and ...
