most meaningful stories emerge out of interruptions and disruptions to our otherwise neatly planned lives.
Read more The Life I Plan, or Interruption? (seeking a manageable balance)
Sometimes the life story is a drama; often it can be comedy; on rare occasions the best descriptor has been tragedy; then there has also been a lot of poetry, much inspiration, some mystery, barely any science-fiction, and absolutely no true crime! But always, as a consistent undercurrent, this life is a Great Adventure.
In 1962 I was a six-year-old English kid who's attention seldom wandered far from the closest soccer ball. Then John Glenn climbed into a tin can strapped to the top of a massive rocket, and became the first American to orbit the earth. Since then he's been one of my heroes.
This is the “wrap” for my 6oth Birthday festivities! The actual day was Saturday, right in the middle of Easter observances at our church; so we waited until Sunday evening for the official party, driving to Richmond to be with Naomi, Craig, and the grandchildren. My parents drove up with us; plus Naomi invited the pastor from her church,…
So you say you want to experience real peace? To know the peace that passes understanding? To be free from anxiety and stress and self-doubt? Well, follow Jesus! Bust out of the narrow confines of your own carefully managed definition of comfort! Throw yourself in with the Prince of Peace, the Guide to the Great Adventure.
Read more Jesus settles the troubled heart, sometimes by troubling the settled life
New book on the horizon! I’m very excited! I have just now finished one more complete review/edit/overhaul of my new book, and I’ve ordered a proof copy. If all looks well, then you can look (I hope you look!) for an announcement – along with details – in this space sometime next week! Wrapping up the…
Read more life is a story we must live prayerfully, and intentionally
This morning Rebekah and I are waking up one last time in the deliciously cool mountain air, before heading back to Wake Forest. Our plan is to attend worship at Mount Jefferson Presbyterian Church, relax around the cabin for a few more hours, then drive home in the evening. We’re still pinching ourselves some days, hardly…
Read more fall photos from the Appalachian Mountains – plus “meme of the week”
we stood in front of a crowd of people and promised to cling together through all the astonishing, wild, beautiful, unimagined, love-saturated, difficult, breathtaking, heartrending, wondrous, extraordinary days, months, and years to come.
Today (Friday) Rebekah and I drove over to Chesapeake, and I came back with the first seriously cool car I’ve owned in a long time. No offense, Santa Fe, but Golf is going to be a lot of fun. Not the “haul mulch and run to the hardware store” kind of fun, so much as “tool…
May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand. (Irish Blessing) Today our son, Andrew, and our daughter-in-love,…
Read more “ciao” to Italy; “hello” to the next great adventure…
