The Happy Dance

These are not my feet. But, if I could dance like my daughter-in-law Rochelle (the real owner of these elegant feet) I’d have done a few pirouettes and twirls yesterday. Instead, I did a reasonable facsimile of an end-zone happy dance, minus the spiking of the...

Eagles on the Lake

We have four eagles visiting the lake outside our office window nearly every day right now. The first sighting pulled us away from our desks and brought great oooohs and ahhhhs of appreciation. People were stopping on the roadway to stare. By the second or third week,...

Doing My Job

Then the king of Assyria gave this order: “Have one of the priests you took captive from Samaria go back to live there and teach the people what the god of the land requires.” So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came to live in Bethel...

Ode to the Holiday Letter

The annual holiday letter has been the subject of much derision and sarcasm, and some it is obviously deserved. But, the truth is, I miss the ones that didn’t come this year. I’m blaming Facebook and Twitter for their demise. Why should anyone bother...

The Holiday Trilogy

I’m quoting Glenn Beck now. Well, paraphrasing actually. He made an observation on his holiday show that struck Wendell and I as particularly profound. He said he views the holiday season as a trilogy. It starts with Thanksgiving, when we bend our knee to God in...

Life in High Def

We watched It’s a Wonderful Life this year in HD. I’ve savored this classic every Christmas season for more than twenty years. In fact, some years I have watched it more than once. But, this year I was astounded. Did you know the family dog is wagging his...