ENCOURAGEMENT
THE GREEN JACKET
During my college years, in Seattle, I played the piano and sang – somewhat frequently – to try and make a living while going to class. I had some “regular...
ENCOURAGEMENT
TEACHERS
Miss LaClaire, Miss Just, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Van Dyke, Mrs. Goranson, Mrs. Stankman, Mr. McNamara. When Graduation comes around I go through these names and memories again. I may not...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
STAGE SET
As a child, I was first fascinated by theatrical productions not because of the performances, but because of the sets. Now, more than ever, and after several years in professional...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
MOUNT ST. HELENS
It was 39 years ago this week (May 18th, to be exact and hard to believe) that Mount St. Helens erupted. It was a Sunday, early in the morning, I...
THE CHURCH
ROOTS & WIND
There is a beautiful street close to my neighborhood. It is exceptionally beautiful during Indiana autumn and Indiana spring. In the spring, the beautiful, white, flowering trees that line the...
ENCOURAGEMENT
RE-PLANTING
RE-PLANTING. Five years ago I travelled back to my home state of Washington, to take my Dad’s ashes back home, and to spend some time with friends and family on...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
THE HEAD OF CHRIST
Warner Elias Sallman, a first-generation American (his parents were immigrants from Finland and Sweden), sang in his local church choir in Chicago. It was there he met his wife, Ruth...
THE CHURCH
INDIANA EASTER
It was only a few years ago that I brushed the snow off of my car, with my palm frond from the Palm Sunday worship, I remember thinking to myself,...
ENCOURAGEMENT
PALM SUNDAY DANCE
PALM SUNDAY. I have some wonderful memories associated with this day and time. My Dad was the choir director at my home church, for several years, and Palm Sunday evening...
ENCOURAGEMENT
POT HOLES
I don’t know if you’ve seen the “11 Seasons of Indiana” (here they are, for your information): Winter Fool’s Spring Pot Hole Period Second Winter Spring of Deception/Pot Hole Season...