A valentine to the chosen

A valentine to the chosen

Today is a fun day for many and a not-so-fun day for others.  I still remember the pressure of hoping my carefully decorated shoebox would contain some valentines from my classmates! In my day, it wasn’t a requirement to give everyone in the class a valentine. A few...
A friend who was family

A friend who was family

A little more than a week ago, I lost a best friend.  When I spoke at her memorial service, I quoted Proverbs 18:24: “There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” But I told the crowd that had gathered in the service what the verse meant to me: “There is a...
We are at war

We are at war

Every month there is another email about a possible data link involving our information. I continue to be shocked by the cost of groceries and the price of a new sweater. My cell phone is ringing constantly with telemarketers, or worse. Social media is a playground...
Truly privileged

Truly privileged

The word privilege is used in our culture today for a variety of reasons but mostly to define benefits given to people of a certain race or income level. This isn’t a political or social blog so I will be using that word as it is used in the dictionary. That said, the...
And the Emmy goes to . . . no one I know

And the Emmy goes to . . . no one I know

By the time you read this, the awards will have been passed out and discussed in the media and around the office workroom. Do you know, or care, who won? Does any of it change anything in your life?  Maybe. I looked over the list of nominees and, for the first time I...
Dear, Lord: I’m ready to listen

Dear, Lord: I’m ready to listen

Those are words God longs to hear. How much of your time with God is spent listening to him?  When does the Lord interrupt your thoughts with one of his?  Our greatest need for prayer isn’t the requests we lay before him. The answers we most need are often to...