Tough Going Solo
Friday, January 16th, 2009 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Tough Going SoloWhen the new year arrived almost a month ago, I resolved to eat less, read more, and go to bed earlier. As is the case for most of my resolutions, I’ve had limited success. I think I would do better if ...
New Year’s Resolutions
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in photo, writing | Comments Off on New Year’s ResolutionsI met a boy with his family recently who told me he had some hopes and plans for the new year. I asked him to write them down and let me put them on the web. Here they are, along ...
Impatient Waiting
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Impatient WaitingIn Advent the Church urges us to practice longing for God’s coming. The reading from Isaiah for the first Sunday of Advent spells it out: “O that You would rend the heavens and come down!” --- a plea, almost a ...
Advent Clean Up
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Advent Clean UpWhen I was growing up, whenever we had out of town guests come to our house, we cleaned the place up. Sometime all it took was a little dusting and some vacuuming; but sometimes it involved moving the couch out ...
Desiring in Advent
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Desiring in AdventAdvent is a season when we’re encouraged to pay attention to our desires. Desires aren’t the wishes and wants which our materialistic age tells us are easily satisfied if we own the right things or have the right look. Desires ...
