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January 2013

January 26, 2013

Airborne!

Airborne! It’s Friday night and I’m in a Holiday Inn in Houston, Texas. Tomorrow morning...

January 09, 2013

Procrastination, Anyone?

It is the beginning of a New Year, and, according to Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue last...

December 2012

December 17, 2012

“Twenty Children See Him” (And Six Adults)

I just got back from a family road trip to Austin, Texas to visit our...

December 11, 2012

The Advent of My Radio Career

I was sitting at my desk in my home office yesterday morning working down my...

December 06, 2012

Advent Car Talk

I took my car into the dealer yesterday for two small problems having to do...

December 03, 2012

Old Habits Die Hard

I heard a preacher give a sermon on death one time called “Death’s vehicle.” He...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

See You at The Pool: Final Installment

“And seeing that he had been lying there a long time, Jesus asked him, ‘Do...

November 15, 2012

See You at the Pool Part 2

Knowing that he had been lying there a long time, Jesus asked him “Do you...

November 09, 2012

See You at the Pool: Part One

This fall semester I’ve been teaching a course with my colleague Dr. Mark Stamm, Professor...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

October’s Promise

October’s Promise When I was younger, say in my teens and early twenties, May was...

October 03, 2012

The Undead: Vampires, Zombies and Christians?

On September 30 I posted a brief comment on how much I love October on...

September 2012

September 23, 2012

You are not to be trusted!

"There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is...

September 07, 2012

Turnaround

I heard on the news yesterday about a man in Irving, Texas killed on his...

August 2012

August 19, 2012

Never Too Late – Making the Right Connections

I sat looking out the window of the train traveling from Wittenberg to Naumburg last...

July 2012

July 23, 2012

Screenwriters Heaven! Learning How to Tell the Story

I spent the weekend at a screenwriter’s workshop at the Taos Summer Writers Conference in...

July 19, 2012

The Mic is On! Recovering from Public Gaffes

Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;those who open wide their lips come to...

June 2012

June 20, 2012

Wedding Crisis Averted – Rising to the Occasion

I admire problem solvers, situation handlers, risers to the occasion. These are the people you...

June 07, 2012

A Father’s Day Meditation: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

We got the news Friday May 18, 2012, that our choir director Rusty King’s daughter...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

Stuck

Monday, May 28, 2012 at 11:30 am, Lee Dell Thomas, Jr. climbed up into a...

May 18, 2012

“Where are You Supposed to be Right Now?”

It was a sunny Monday morning in June and I was sitting at my home...

May 01, 2012

What You Focus on Grows

My yoga teacher says the same thing at the end of every class every Monday...

May 01, 2012

No Time for Saplings

It’s almost graduation weekend at the University where I teach. A high value is always...

January 2012

January 14, 2012

It’s Go Time! Mark 1:16-20

One of my students, trained as an attorney, told me of an article she recently...

December 2011

December 30, 2011

Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh: Get Them While Supplies Last!

They stride into Jerusalem like a person wandering bare footed into a snake pit, asking...

December 30, 2011

First Things First

One night this past week I had a very vivid dream. I was running- where...

October 2011

October 19, 2011

Grocery Store Checkout

Thirty years ago when my husband and I got married in York, Pennsylvania, I asked...

October 07, 2011

Walkabout

Walkabout As a recovering workaholic I’m trying to schedule more spontaneous, leisure activities into my...

August 2011

August 28, 2011

“Beware of The Bears”

As I stood there looking at the black bear warning sign, I pictured me being...

July 2011

July 23, 2011

Swimming in the Jury Pool

I got called for jury duty last week. Again. They never call you at a...

July 11, 2011

Loving the Body

I just spent a week at “House of Hope” in Puerto Lempira, Honduras. House of...