Know It All

 He was the Thomas Edison of our time.  He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.  He was Steve Jobs. I read an article in USA Today last month shortly after his death.  Oddly enough, his biography was published and going on sale within days of Mr. Jobs’ last breath.  The article described some interesting [...]

A Gift

Kids are a great source of joy and fulfillment.  The Bible says children are a gift from the Lord (Ps 137:3).    Kids also challenge us and push us to our limits sometimes.  Lately, Jill and I find ourselves telling our kids that the world doesn’t revolve around them.  Often, when I say that, I [...]

Right On Time

Have you ever heard the song, “He’s an on time God”?   Jill told me about a house she saw for sale. She said it was in a nice neighborhood but was probably out of our price range. We had been talking about buying or building a house but agreed it would be better after [...]

On His Sleeve

Do you ever wonder how much faith talk is appropriate for business? I met with a business owner a few years ago. We were talking about a salesman whom we’d both interviewed. “He wears his faith on his sleeve,” he said about the salesman.  I took that as a negative. I remembered the salesman talked [...]

Hallway

You couldn’t pass from one class to another without bumping people, because the halls were so crowded.  Regardless of the endless “excuse me” and “sorry”, this one guy either thought I was dumb enough to believe an elbow slap would actually hurt him or he was looking for a fight.   It was eighth grade for me. [...]

Fortune

It was Saturday.  Earlier in the day, we had two baseball tournaments.  After the last game ended, we rushed home and packed the van for a day trip that would last into the night.  Then we headed for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  “I am sorry.  The lot is full.  We can’t let any [...]

Connected

“If the church is not your mother, then God is not your Father.” It was a catchy sermon title, from a catchy preacher. Every Easter, he guest-starred at the church we attended. The case was made that one could not really follow Christ unless he also was faithful to The Church. Ultimately, we left that [...]

Never Ends

Nobody told us about the potential for heartache when we “decided” to become parents, did they?  I mean, when our babies were little, or even still expected, we talked about how much joy they would bring us. I guess it would be morbid to get real about the possibility that we might outlive any of [...]