Last year a teaching pastor at our church gave a talk about the ‘starving baker’. The story went a little something like this, everyday a baker creates an array of delectables that generates lines out the door. People flock to … Continue reading →
“May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.” Psalm 90:16 We snuggled there in the dark gazing at the stars through his open window. Breathing in his little boy scent, wondering how many more nights … Continue reading →
In many homes, as the family gathers around the table to share a meal, heads bow and eyes close in preparation for the mealtime prayer. Some families hold hands while Mom or Dad ask the blessing on the food. Sometimes children … Continue reading →
Have you ever had people talk at you? They do all the talking and you can’t get a word in edgewise. If you do manage to say something, they’re so busy thinking of what they will say next that they … Continue reading →
I’m writing this last night, after just returning a few hours earlier from a three-week trip to help my oldest daughter and her family after the birth of her second child. I still feel like I am riding in the … Continue reading →
We’ve all seen them, kids who clear their plates from the table and take them to the sink without complaint. Children who take out the trash without being told. Kids who genuinely seem to enjoy helping. How does that happen? A freak … Continue reading →