Can We Resurrect Civility?

Grandson Ayden, Having a Moment. 2007. Here we are in Eastertide, ticking off the Sundays until Pentecost. We’ve just celebrated the Resurrection–the miracle of all miracles, the day that changed everything. So I’m wondering, while we’re feeling all holy and justified and sanctified, could we make a commitment to resurrect civility? Because last time I checked […]


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 […]


Independence Day

Fireworks over the Pacific Ocean. July 4, 2010. Set Free!Picnics, parades, and potato salad, fireworks and family. It must be the Fourth of July. Our niece, Vaite, visiting from her home in Tahiti, wrote:  July 4th is a great celebration day, to see people’s love for America it’s amazing …  Amazing. I never thought of […]


Always Dinner Rolls, Never Biscuits

Dinner Rolls.  Every Gift is a Golden Thing“Please pass the biscuits,” a relative asked at some holiday family feast, a few years ago. As I lifted the bread basket, I said, “They’re not biscuits. They’re dinner rolls.” “There’s a difference?” “Oh yes. Biscuits are a quick bread. You mix them up, roll them, cut them, […]


Always Dinner Rolls, Never Biscuits

Dinner Rolls.  Every Gift is a Golden Thing“Please pass the biscuits,” a relative asked at some holiday family feast, a few years ago. As I lifted the bread basket, I said, “They’re not biscuits. They’re dinner rolls.” “There’s a difference?” “Oh yes. Biscuits are a quick bread. You mix them up, roll them, cut them, […]