2021 NOTE: When I wrote this, I had no idea (obviously) what would be happening a few years later. I can barely remember the specific issues, candidates, and conversations that spurred this post. It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial
Read moreYou don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu In a few minutes, I’m going to head home from Parent-Teacher conferences to have chili made by my daughter Megan, who is home from Columbus for a couple days. We’ll sit at the table eating and chatting, and if Bethany has her
Read moreI’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite. ~Bertrand Russell This is a picture of my Christmas cactus, blooms bursting open on every stem. I’m always confused, then curious, then thrilled when I
Read more“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord all ye land/ Serve the Lord with gladness; come into His presence with singing../Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise/ Be thankful unto him and bless His name.” Psalm 100: 1-2,4 Every once in a while, I need reminded that music is fun. I get all tangled in questions of
Read more“If this isn’t good, what is?” Kurt Vonnegut It’s 9 am, and I’m sitting in a lobby at the Ohio Northern University Chapel. My daughter Bethany and three other Lima Senior students are in the chapel, practicing music as part of the ONU honors choir, and the guest artist is the woman who played Ariel on Broadway’s version of The
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The Wave Returns 