On Heaven’s Front Porch
A few days ago my ninety-three year old maternal grandmother was told by her doctor that she realistically has about one month more of life on this earth. She has a kind of cancer that attacks muscle. After a brief hospitalization, she had moved into a nursing home about a month ago. My mother and father...
NEW YEAR — can I start over?
Do you remember the times when you were a kid and things weren’t going your way (especially if it was while you were learning the rules of a new game at recess) and you would look to the teacher with puppy-dog eyes and say “can I have a Do-Over please”? There have been many, many twists...
Transformation of Information
This morning after doing my Bible Studies and listening to Christian radio while partaking in a nice contemplative soak in a hot bath, I had a thought. Surprise. Do I do a good job of using information that I am bombarded with everyday, or is it just so much clutter? Am I contributing to my own confusion,...
What A Day I Had!
This was just one of those days. . . I had a HUGE school project that I had planned on getting done … but my home computer has operating system problems. Then there were the financial concerns that keep the gears grinding in my problem-solving brain. After finding the hole in the fence through...