I didn’t grow up with my hands in the dirt. I never planted anything in any of the yards of any of the houses we called home over those years. It was Grandma, who lived with us, who set roses in the beds. Grandma on her knees in the same old paint-stained brown jeans she [...]
From The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions: Heavenly Father, Thou hast led me singing to the cross where I fling down all my burdens and see them vanish, where my mountains of guilt are leveled to a plain, where my sins disappear, though they are the greatest that exist, and [...]
Santa Semana–Holy Week–is a week to weigh costs. Fuel is nearly $3/gallon, unemployment at 9%…the $3 coffee that seemed nothing a year ago we now hesitate or pass on. We feel the emptying of the bank account as we pay utility bills, mortgage, car… But this is a week to consider the price tag on [...]
Truthfully, I inhaled. On the blacktopped road, late spring, early evening, I rolled windows down, drew in the honeysuckled air and felt alive. I could have been 7 or 70 or any number of years in between. There’s just something about 75 degrees, blowing in through the car window at dusk. I joke that I’m [...]
