the problem is I know

My children learned from me that peace trumps pain every time. Keep the peace — endure personal, intense, life-shattering, traumatic, lonely pain … to keep the peace. I know how to do this well. I am a good teacher. My children are excellent students. My mom does this very well. Some of my siblings do [...]

Providence

I had a boss once, lets call him Clyde. Clyde obviously worked out at the gym. His physical appearance commanded a presence in any room. He spoke confidently. When agitated he yelled loudly. A lot. His claim to fame in upper management’s eyes was his ability to drive his development team to meet very tight,  [...]

Well, in that case, one.

“On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being fabulous-top-of-the-world and 1 being, oh … antidepressants, how are you?
That was the question posed to me yesterday by an old visiting friend at church. As he started his question I was forming a 5-6-7 response in my head. By the end of his question my [...]

Be who you are

Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don’t matter and
those who matter don’t mind.
Dr. Seuss
Which sounds good and at first I thought cool, I’m gonna post this. But then I started thinking. Or praying?
Many who matter deeply to me do not mind at all. I love them.
Some who matter deeply [...]

Lighting the Candle

Today’s guest post comes another young woman I am equally proud and blessed to call daughter. Yes, I have two daughters. When I read her post, I smiled and thought once again God is teaching me through my children. I guess he knows I will listen to them.

It is better to light the candle than [...]

One Thing

I love this song.

Galatians 5:6 in the NIV:  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
The Message puts it this way: For in Christ, neither our most conscientious religion nor disregard of religion amounts to anything. What [...]

I Watered my Computer

In the interest of discontinuity, this is how I spent my Saturday last weekend.

Secrets

Today is a guest post from a young woman I am proud and blessed to call daughter. She follows my blog and Christ but not necessarily in that order.

Secrets
Growing up I never thought about how secrets can affect families and relationships. We seem to accept the old adage: What they don’t know won’t hurt them. [...]

Today should be a holiday

Holidays & Observances – June 15

Arkansas became the 25th US state on June 15, 1836
Electricity Day (US National) – in observation of Benjamin Franklin discovering electricity while flying a kite on June 15, 1752.
Fly A Kite Day – Celebrating [...]

Do I have to go?

Father’s Day — Next Sunday, June 21. Churches across the land are gearing up for touching, heartwarming stories bursting with tearful memories of special, heartwarming times spent with dad.

In years past, I put my robot on and went out. I quietly kidded myself with its no big deal. However, this Father’s [...]