Lenten Fast
Sunday, March 16th, 2014 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Lenten FastOur modern culture tries to get us to mistake wants for needs, and we can easily go from wanting something to believing we have to have it. (And, of course, advertising tries to convince us that their particular product is ...
What the Future Holds
Monday, February 10th, 2014 Posted in writing | Comments Off on What the Future HoldsLast week the eyes of more than a few of us were turned towards a little town in Pennsylvania waiting for a groundhog named Phil to see or not see his shadow and thus let us know if Spring this ...
Days of Sadness
Monday, January 27th, 2014 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Days of SadnessThis past week was a tough one at the high school where I work. On Tuesday a 2010 grad, Andrew Bolt, was murdered at Purdue by a fellow student. The next morning a sophomore at our school who had been ...
Resolutions
Sunday, January 12th, 2014 Posted in writing | Comments Off on ResolutionsThe half-lives of my New Year’s resolutions are generally around five days, so last week I had to face the fact that once again I had failed to do what I’d intended to do (like some daily exercise) and done ...
Expectations
Thursday, December 19th, 2013 Posted in writing | Comments Off on ExpectationsIn talking to the crowds one day about John the Baptist, Jesus asked them what they had expected to see when they went out to John at the Jordan. In the last week or so I've been thinking about how ...
