In the department store yesterday, I ran into an acquaintance, and we had a long chat –the kind you can have in the summer when you’re not in a hurry to go anywhere. She told me about a man who had been an alcoholic for years. The Lord had burdened her heart to help him,…
The guys went north, loaded with fly rods and wading boots. I went west, to the Dressbarn. Can we just stop here and ask who in the world came up with the name “Dressbarn”? Makes me think of when somebody chalked a cattle crossing on the street, in front of the girls’ dorm in college….
For over a decade, our friends have run a summer Christian camp on an Indian reservation just to the east of Glacier National Park. A few days ago, Matt and I made the two-hour road trip through Glacier Park, to visit the camp. It’s a breathtaking property, with over 100 different kinds of wild flowers…
Hours I spent on the downstairs bathroom, with a sheetrock mud palette in my left hand and a trowel in the other. I hadn’t taped and mudded before, but it didn’t seem too complicated. When I was nearly complete with the huge job, a friend stopped by and followed me downstairs to see my project….
For some people it’s a toothpick sticking out of the side of their mouth –something they chew on all day long, working it while they work on other things. For me it’s a rich quote dangling like a piece of hay out’ the mouth of a farmer. In a great show of bravery, I ordered…
What was that? His alarm? That was weird and way too early on a Sunday morning. No wait –it was his phone. “Caleb?” he said. “Caleb? I can barely hear you.” I was only getting one side of the conversation. “Where are you? Okay, tell me what happened. Are you off the side of the…
Worst thing ever: Turning on your cell phone to take a picture, only to find the camera flipped and your double chin filling the screen. This has been one of those weeks of me doing things and then thinking daaah! Self-centered! I have felt really self-centered this week, when what I really want to be…
“Any fun plans this summer?” a friend just asked me. Umm, what constitutes fun? Here are my ideas: Ten Simple Ways to Have A Really Good Summer Watch the sprinklers with someone you love. I’ve seen the Bellagio waters in Vegas, and they’ve got nothin’ on sprinklers. Learn a new bird sound. When we were…
Over a drinking fountain at church, a friend asked me if I was enjoying the summer break from teaching. I had a newly formulated answer for her, after much thought these last few months. “I love teaching, but I am enjoying the rest from the complexities of the job,” I said. Truth was, I was…
We have a most exciting date planned this week –that man and I. We’ve already been to Hooper’s Nursery to scout out the perfect tree for our back yard. Now we just need a free evening to dig a hole (“we” meaning “him”) and plant our 25th anniversary celebratory tree. We’ve chosen one with red…
Picture a sheep against a dark background, looking at you from a page in the National Geographic. He has been sheered down one side, from nose to tail, in an attempt to show a season of wool growth. But the photographers went through several sheep, before they could find one that could stand up long…
I bent over to fill the red, plastic gas container at the filling station, so I could go home and mow the lawn. While the numbers clicked up on the pump, I killed time by reading the instructions on the handle of the hose. Why aren’t these in English and Spanish? I thought, annoyed at…
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