June 2020

DON’T FORGET TO FISH There once was an eminent, aging shipbuilder who had been sitting in his office depressed for weeks; his work and great reputation seemed to mean nothing to him anymore. Finally, he decided it must be time …

CHRIST IS ALWAYS WITH US When you meet suffering on the road of life, don’t just trudge through it or crawl through it on hands and knees of self-pity; embrace it and receive its gifts and everything you know, have …

GIFTS OF GOD I’ve been thinking about the gifts of God, not only the gifts of Religion, Art, Literature, Science, and our miraculous natural world but the completed gifts of Culture, Empires, nations, and Civilizations. They all came from a …

THANK GOD FOR GREAT TEACHERS This morning I was thinking of one of my favorite teachers in this life and all the ways he opened my eyes to what it means to be a human being; his name was John …

OUR ANNIVERSARY My wife and I are celebrating our 21st anniversary today. We celebrated it quietly, just doing what we, and I guess most retired people do most days, taking care of our home and yard, running errands, checking the …

LIFE FORCES According to the theoretical understandings of science, there are four forces that, probably, created and creates our world, probably endlessly. The forces are gravity, the electromagnetic force, the strong force, and the weak force; these are the actual …

CONFESSIONS OF A GUARDIAN ANGEL A large, imposing angel clapped three times and began to speak to a large gathering of other delightfully mild, pristine angels. “OK, angels, break time is over. Now I will share with you an account …

BIG JOE, LITTLE JOE, AND GOD Little Joe was very tired from a big day at school, visiting with his Grandpa, Big Joe, next door, doing his chores, chasing around the yard with Ginger, his dog, and fighting with his …

MASTER YOUR GIFTS BUT SERVE YOUR MASTER The faithful wind stirs the branches on the vine; the ancient soil nurtures the trees and the plants from below; the sun freely ripens the fruit with the flowers and the earth turns …

GET UP ON THE CROSS WITH CHRIST Our little world is in a terrible state today because the little people who are in charge of it, you and me, have let the things we love and value so highly come …