>Strung Out On Prayer

> Prayer Beads Well in HandIn matters of faith I try to avoid trappings and focus instead on treasures–stuff like salvation. And my friendship with my Savior. But when I read Gordon Atkinson’s fine post, “A Rosary for a Baptist,”  last month over at The High Calling, I found myself drawn to the idea of stringing up some prayer […]


Strung Out On Prayer

Prayer Beads Well in HandIn matters of faith I try to avoid trappings and focus instead on treasures–stuff like salvation. And my friendship with my Savior. But when I read Gordon Atkinson’s fine post, “A Rosary for a Baptist,”  last month over at The High Calling, I found myself drawn to the idea of stringing up some prayer beads […]


Little Miracles

Sawyer Anton Matoushek, 13 Hours Old Bundles of Joy! That expression used to sound trite to me. Not so much anymore. Wednesday my son-in-law phoned me at 2:45 in the afternoon. “We’re being admitted and they’re going to induce Elaine,” Rob reported. “Everything’s fine…it’s just time.” Sawyer’s due date had come and gone eight days earlier. […]


Simply Amazing!

The Exclamation Point Yesterday Rich and I drove to San Diego to get our first ultrasound “peek” at our forthcoming grandchild. [Full disclosure: edited at 2 pm to add ultrasound photo of the new baby.] I’ve written before about spotting God in car accidents, in the gift of socks, in illness and death. In times […]