Ever Green
As I enter the Christmas season, I’m once again struck by the memories that have accumulated over the years. This is my 67th Christmas and as I think back, I...
Don’t Be So Quick to Laugh
There are times when I just can’t help being skeptical, really just struggling with doubt. Sitting in church yesterday I was reminded of a familiar Old Testament passage:d Genesis 18:1-15....
Where did it go?
“As time goes by, many years will pass.” This was the off-handed, tongue-in-cheek statement my college buddies would wisecrack to each other when we were chafing at some seemingly irresolvable...
The Law of Mercy
She came into my office reluctantly, perhaps tinged with a bit of defiance. “I don’t even know why I’m here,” she sputtered. “I guess my frustration level has just gotten...
Easter Reflections
This is the week culminating in Easter, and it is a week of reflection for me as I consider the events of 2013 thus far. I have been asked to...
Hope Abounds
As I was biking on the cady way trail yesterday I found myself focusing on Easter, on Christ, and on what it all represents. Yes, I know the “Christian” answer...
Easter Season
As we enter another Easter season, I’m reminded of amazing themes that this time of year brings to us over two millennia. Life over death, good over evil, humility over...
The Good News
Christmas is less than a week away and I’m already looking beyond the holiday to the year ahead. Clients of mine have been through very rough sledding this last year,...
Perspective is Everything
It’s been raining all weekend and it’s an unusual amount coming off the summer thunderstorms where you’ll have downpours one minute and bright sunshine the next. These rains were soakers...