Jan 6, 2015 | Observations
This is the time of year to look both back and forward. Much is made of setting New Year’s resolutions, yet the vast majority of resolutions set by the vast majority of people are never kept. Is setting resolutions an obligatory exercise scheduled for this time of...
Dec 15, 2014 | Observations
The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. Luke 19:10 I am reading John Piper’s Advent devotional, Dawning of Indestructible Joy, and was challenged in my understanding of Luke 19.10. Piper reminds us that God “is a searching and saving God, that he is a God on...
Nov 17, 2014 | Observations
I have a confession. I’m a perfectionist. I like things to be perfect when I am done doing them and have often wasted far more time than necessary to adjust a small detail that no one else will see. I have been frozen from action because of fear of failing and have...
Oct 24, 2014 | Observations
I’ve been contemplating patience. What is it? When do you need to employ it? It occurred to me that patience is needed when things are not the way you want them to be. If all was as you wanted, patience would not be necessary. On the other hand, if things are not the...
Sep 24, 2014 | Observations
The family across the street caught my attention. Three grade school aged children stood on the front steps posing for pictures on the first day of the school year. They and so many other children this time of year seem filled with wonder and excitement. So many new...
Sep 12, 2014 | Observations
I was one of some 245,000 people without power in Metro Detroit after last Friday’s storm came through the Midwest. The power outage reminded me of what I take for granted. Electricity is such a natural part of our lives now. It’s become easy not to give it a second...
