Divine Appointments
Part of my educational requirements to become a pastor was to complete Clinical Pastoral Education. It’s a fancy term for “hospital chaplaincy”. I was nervous about those 5 months in the hospital setting, knowing that I would be thrust headlong into a constant barrage...
Light Changes Everything
Light changes EVERYTHING. While looking through the many varieties of pumpkins and squash at Burt’s Pumpkin Farm last week, I laughed at people’s amazement over these bumpy, oddly shaped ground-fruit. There were people combing the rows of front-porch pumpkins; some...
When the wind speaks
Being two years old, my son Beau knows no strangers. He’s good at grabbing the attention of others, and not just because he’s cute. He finds everything around him interesting. Monday, Beau and I were waiting for his sisters to finish up in a store when he looked down...
Praising the Name of the Lord
I took this picture last night, marveling at the colors and the way the light shone across the sky. It doesn’t matter if it’s sunup or sundown, the dawn and dusk never cease to amaze. As I drove on, a popular praise song from the 90s entered into my mind. It was one...
Unleashing the Power of Compassion
Being a drop-off site for Syfan Logistics’ relief efforts provided our volunteers and me a number of stories to tell. People from all throughout the community have come to bring whatever they can afford.