Walking the Power Lines

I love my prayer walks.  Wyndham and I often walk along a gravel/mud path across from our house that follows several miles of power lines.  Yesterday as we walked and prayed (and scolded Denver for eating the leash) I kept noticing the path of wires above me.  It is...

It’s Battle Time!

It began as a silent battle.  I didn’t know I was being invaded by the dark side – the Borrelia burgdorferi spirochete.  These are the corkscrew shaped bacteria that cause Lyme disease.  I’ve learned a lot about Lyme these past few weeks. For instance, I didn’t know...

In It to Give It

On the way to a marriage retreat this past weekend I received an e-mail from a friend.  He is suffering from extremely serious an advanced cancer and had just gone through ten hours of brain surgery the day before.  The subject line on his e-mail read “we are praying...

Showing Up

It’s my routine every evening.  Before I retire for the night I let both dogs go outside.  They do their thing, always eager to come back inside for their night-time treats.  Last night was meant to be no different. They went out.  The puppy came bounding in doing all...

Can A Truck Say “Choo-Choo”?

My two 2-year- old grandchildren were having a discussion this morning.  My daughter summed up the context of their debate.   Lexi was trying to convince Micah that trucks could say “choo-choo”.  Micah was countering that only trains could say “choo-choo”.  That sound...