Weekend Reflection: This Day

    This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 (KJV)   It’s the weekend. Around here we remove our shoes and tour the stillness. Start with Sandra Heska King’s Still Saturday.  Then spend some time at The Sunday Community, hosted by Deidra Riggs. You’ll […]


Goof Off for God

Goofing Off With Carly and Cadence. January, 2011.  Grin and Bear It (The Good News, That Is) For a people who are supposed to have the joy, joy, joy,joy down in our hearts, we sure can be a sour and dour bunch of folks. I thought about that yesterday when I read these words over at […]


Weekend Reflection: Light

Birthday Light. Carly and Ayden. July, 2012. 17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. 18 In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures. James 1:17-18 […]


And The Oscar Goes To . . .

Best Impersonation of His Own Jack o’Lantern: Cadence James, 2012. It’s a big deal to somebody.  When I moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA, I discovered that movies were A.Big.Deal. My fellow students talked about movies. The Los Angeles Times ran stories about movies. Broadcast news covered movies. I finally figured out that while I had […]


Presents From Unexpected Places (And a Giveaway!)

Count the Gifts. Cadence and His Great-Grandfather. April, 2010. There’s always a prize inside.  A few years ago, my third-millennium friend Glynn Young asked me a question that changed my worldview. I was sidelined with back pain, and in a comment-section discussion over at The High Calling he asked me a question that lobbed a friendly grenade into my cozy […]