Uncategorized
HARMONY
One of my very first memories is my dad lifting me up so I could see over the balcony of our American apartment in Frankfurt, Germany, and hear the carolers...
Uncategorized
“THE BODY” PARTS
A couple of weeks ago I experienced the joy of a body slowly falling apart. While on vacation I had the audacity to sit in a chair, you heard me...
Uncategorized
BEHAVIOR
One day, when I was out for a neighborhood walk, I noticed two boys and an adult walking along the street. One of the young boys had a bike which he...
Uncategorized
THE BALCONY BIRD
I was reading, enjoying the night on the little balcony outside our ship cabin this week. The balcony light, like the light of a back porch at home, lit up...
Uncategorized
IRONY
After moving into our home in Anderson, a 9-inch X 12.5 inch by 2” solid metal block was found outside…weighing 62.8 pounds. How can something a little larger than a...
Uncategorized
BUMPER FISH ADVERTISING
I was in my car, on my way to Indianapolis. I was in the right-hand lane (going the speed limit…really!) and a car drove past me, pulled in front of me and...
Uncategorized
TEACHING
Miss LaClaire, Miss Just, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Van Dyke, Mrs. Goranson, Mrs. Stankman, Mr. McNamara. When the school year comes around, I go through these names and memories again. I may...
Uncategorized
CONSIDER THE LILIES by Pastor Ken Rickett
Luke 12:27 “Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of...
Uncategorized
THE FACE OF JESUS
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 in 1916. ...
Uncategorized
THE UNIVERSE DOESN’T REVOLVE AROUND ME
It was a beautiful place, and a wonderful vacation: Italy! We recently spent nine glorious days in one of my favorite cities in the world, Florence. Our circle was small;...