Before he studied to be an industrial engineer, my dad taught in a one room schoolhouse. Sometimes he would remember a favorite lesson and try to teach it to me. Once he asked me to read a sentence he jotted on a 3×5 card: All that that is is all that that is not isContinue reading “What Gives You Pause?”
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Firsts
And so begins a series of “firsts” in the grieving process. Today is Ron’s birthday – the first since his death on March 11th (my birthday). I am teary. Not surprising. At first I was tempted to give in, to begin this day filled with reflection on my loss. However, Facebook popped up a “year-iago-todayContinue reading “Firsts”
What’s in your bucket?
I have long loved the story of the “Woman at the Well” found in John, Chapter Four of Holy Writ. The Samaritan woman’s encounter with Jesus always seemed to me to be the practical illustration of John 3:17 (not quite so famous as 3:16) that says, “Indeed, God did not send the Son into theContinue reading “What’s in your bucket?”
In it for the Long Run 