“We humans make plans, but the Lord has the final word.” (Proverbs 16:1, CEV) Sometimes, things don’t turn out like we planned. Today is the last day of February. Although I accomplished a few things, I fell short on several of my goals. I’m not going to beat myself up too much over it, though. […]
In an earlier post, I told you I want to fast from Fear during Lent… and that I’d give you a list of my 5 fears today for the Friday Five. My fear of transparency (and its repercussions) nearly resulted in the “Friday Five” becoming the “Saturday Six”. But here I am. Finally. My fears fall […]
Today is Ash Wednesday – the first day of Lent. I’m not going to spend much time today talking about religion or the meaning of Lent. I will just mention that Lent begins today and ends on Easter. Lent is 46 days long. Sundays are excluded, so it lasts for “40 days”. Not all Christians observe […]
February 9, 1964 — the day my life changed forever. I’ll never forget that cold wintry Sunday evening. My parents hovered nearby as he told me to close my eyes and he’d kiss me. He told me he’d miss me. He even promised to write home every day and he’d send all his loving to […]
Our ancestors were lucky. They didn’t have many choices about what foods to eat. They grew it, harvested or butchered it, preserved it, ate it. And they burned as many calories as they ate with the labor it took to put food on the table. Today most of us don’t have to work that hard […]
