August 27, 2024

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A Baby Lamb and Its Mama in Distress

It’s midnight here and I just had a thought-provoking experience. After driving back late from my mural work on a stretch of country roads where I was literally the only car for a good 15 minutes or so, I needed to tend to my sheep. After cleaning up inside some, I went out back and planned to go down and give them their daily treats and check on them. My phone was dead and I had no flashlight but I...

Presence, Absence and Distance

There’s a saying these days, “Fake it til you make it.” I don’t like that statement; and furthermore, I don’t agree with it. Just what is one faking? And, more importantly, “What will it mean to ‘make it?'” I got into bed around midnight, and then, I lay there looking at my phone. I rejoiced with those who rejoiced at the birth of another child and grandchild, while my hopes of seeing my own grown children/grandchildren any time soon ebb...

A Letter That Will Make the Demons Tremble

“I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.”~ I Timothy 1:3-5 I had been thinking at some point starting to write letters to my grandbabies, but had...