Some of my fondest childhood memories are of dismantling. My parents can attest to the fact that my brothers and I were quite adept at it. In fact the more difficult the challenge, the more we rose to the challenge. A favorite family tale was the Tonka trucks we were given in our youth. Mom…
Read moreI have started reading a book by David C. Downing on C.S. Lewis. It is called Into The Region Of Awe: Mysticism In C. S. Lewis. I had no intention of reading about C.S. Lewis. I was lead to it while searching the library for a book on the Moravians. I may be going to…
Read morewins the race. I have reached my goal of walking and praying three days this week for an hour at a time. It was 29 degrees this morning when I started out – but I would not be denied. The temperature dropped all week which made me all the more determined to show myself faithful….
Read moreToday has been a downer day. I can’t even put my finger on the exact cause but I feel very pessimistic about things today. Perhaps it is the realization that our country has given up on God and is determined to let fear of attack from “Radical Islam” determine our fate. Perhaps I have come…
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Two years ago today we lost our third pregnancy. The events that followed were some of the most challenging of my life. Here is the email from the day after: Family, I have some bad news. Last night Julianne went into the hospital with severe abdominal pain and had an emergency laparoscopy surgery to remove…
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Time is an amazing thing. I remember taking this picture almost 2 years ago walking the shores of the James River trying to make sense of the events of the previous months. None could be found as life does not reveal secrets because I insist on knowing. Where we find ourselves is of…
Read moreI have determined that learning to trust is one of those lessons that must be experienced in order to master. Trust is an action – like swimming – you can’t really learn how to swim by reading about it, or talking about it, or thinking about it. The only way we learn how to swim…
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Read moreAlcoholics like me. Homosexuals like me as well, but I will tackle that in another post. I have a knack for attracting people that have been affected by alcohol. They are either actively drinking, recovered, are married to someone that has, or on the road to or from. Every one of my neighbors are alcoholics….
Read moreSurrender is not an option. To surrender is to admit defeat, and I will be damned if I will ever admit defeat. That was my position on just about everything until last Saturday. Stubborn? Me? I never really thought I was, but I could certainly always see stubborn from here. I looked at my position…
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