We don’t all get the same miracle. My life is filled with miracles. But I didn’t get the one someone else did. And I think that is really just not fair. It proves what I have suspected all along: God is not running a democracy. And, as a good American, …
We call it Thanksgiving. And to go with it, the iconic image of Pilgrims and Native Americans sharing a feast. The back story I’ve been told is the Pilgrims were starving and would not have made it through the winter without the Indians’ help.The Pilgrims were thankful. The Indians were …
When I was in 8th grade, I started a small business of making hand lettered signs. I had decent handwriting then and knew calligraphy. Armed with markers and colored pencils, for $1.00 or so, you could have a custom-made sign. I like signs. The spiritual ones too. In the Bible, …
I really think balance is the key to everything. So much of life is on a spectrum. Be pure, but don’t get too crazy or you could be puritanical. Feel your feelings, but don’t where your heart on your sleeve. The tricky part not knowing where that tipping point exactly …
It’s Dr. Hogue’s fault. And his Southern accent. I love history. There are other reasons and teachers I can credit, but it really comes back to Dr. Hogue and his American History class in college. I’m the sort that reads about Ben Franklin for fun. The sort that sees a …
Because I blogged so much about Costa Rica before I left, it seemed kinda WRONG to not blog about my most recent trip. It was amazing. When I came back from Costa Rica the very first time, on my very first day back to work I asked a colleague “Do …