I’ve been trying to read more classic literature. Currently I’m about four chapters shy of finishing Jane Eyre. Last summer I read East of Eden, which is a remarkable volume that touches on original sin. I’ve been wanting to purchase the TV miniseries on DVD from Amazon.com, as it stars Jane Seymour in the unlikely role of Cathy… Continue reading Stranger Than Fiction
Some nine years ago I sat on a weight bench at the Wolf Creek YMCA in Toledo listening to some new music by Sara Groves. (Has it really been nine years that I’ve been working out? I really should be in much better shape.) The opening song to her All Right Here is “Less Like Scars,”… Continue reading Less Like … More Like …
There’s a little ice cream shop in the small town where we live. There are two, actually. One, a soft-serve place that’s been around for decades by the look of it. The other, which opened up last year, offers hard ice cream — or, as some of the folks call it around here, hand-dipped. The later… Continue reading Back in Business
Having grown up in a Pentecostal church that shunned formal liturgy, then spending my early adult years at a church where the pastor, a former Baptist, shied away from anything traditional, I didn’t recite the Lord’s Prayer much. Even now, I couldn’t say it from memory. The first few times I heard it I remember… Continue reading A Cruel Harvest
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a confession. I wrote several confession posts back at SWYW, but not lately. So here goes. I confess that I’m an embezzler. There, that feels good to get that load off my back. Now, of course, I’m not talking about an embezzler of money, as in a bookkeeper who… Continue reading I Might Just Be an Embezzler
My creative energy has been sapped lately, which is why I haven’t posted here on Mondays in a couple weeks. I spent a few weeks reflecting and crafting my sermon I preached at my church on November 25. I don’t think I could ever preach every week like some pastors do. I always need time… Continue reading Sapping My Creativity — and a link
In nearly every aspect of life, I tend to be well-prepared and deliberate. A thinker, I am typically slow to react, though not quite at the snail’s pace I’ve found some church committees move. In music, I’m well-rehearsed. In writing posts here, I edit multiple times before clicking “publish.” Even my clothing selections for Sunday… Continue reading Tough Guys and Drama Queens
