You hangry?
It took Diedra and me longer than we care to admit to notice that we were getting in petty arguments right before dinner. Eat some…
Names gene?
"I'm not a names person." "For the life of me, I can't remember people's names." I've heard that there's a neurological reason we find it…
On friendship
C.S. Lewis, the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, and J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were friends.…
You come too
The Pasture By Robert Frost I'm going out to clean the pasture spring; I'll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water…
Concerns and responsibilities
My pastor, mentor, and friend, Pastor Mark Biehl, regularly and gently reminds us that our areas of concern will always exceed our areas of responsibility.…
Refresh them
What is it about flying that makes the beverage service so refreshing? When we lived in Dallas we were regularly picking up guests from the…
Long distance
I married my high school sweetheart after four years of mostly long-distance dating (we got to see each other occasionally). This was before cell phones.…
Who are they?
Fred Rogers, in his acceptance speech for a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 Emmy Awards, surprised the viewers by requesting that they spend 10…
Repetition
I have this fear of repeating myself. It started a few years ago when I realized that I was always having the same memory as…
Both/and or either/or
There are two types of dualisms: The both/and and the either/or. The both/and means that I can love both Moose Tracks and Peppermint ice cream.…