Last year — 2006 — was my self-designated Year of Kindness: the 12 months during which I would make a sho’nuff, all-out effort to be kind. Not just to “be nice” to my family and friends (although God knows that can be hard sometimes), but to everybody I met. So how did I do? Well, I discovered two things. Here’s…
Category: Conversations
Basic blind-hog stuff; my observations about any and everything
Shouts of Joy
A friend of mine has been helping her six-year-old daughter (let’s call her Alicia) memorize the Ten Commandments. After a few minutes of Thou-shalt-nots, the little girl asked in frustration, “Mommy, is there anything we can do?” Of course, you know that God speaks directly to and through mothers, sometimes when they don’t even know it. “Well, baby,” she said,…
Learning from History
Lately I’ve been reading lots of Old Testament history. If you don’t get bogged down in the genealogies, the books of Ezra and Nehemiah tell a fascinating story of how God worked through events and people to make things happen. I’m still a little foggy about some stuff. I have questions like: Exactly who did what and where? Which prophets…
What Money Can't Buy
Today’s Google quote is “Money can’t buy happiness, but neither can poverty. (Leo Rosten)” I disagree. Happiness is a state of well-being based on good fortune and circumstance. And many (certainly not all) circumstances can be purchased. Good food, pleasant surroundings, luxurious comfort, even interesting companionship and in some cases, good health–all can be bought. What money can’t buy, what…