For Wilshire Baptist Church
I was going to title the book “Promise These Three.” It was going to be an emotional account of life, death and recovery from the war with cancer. But I’ve lost the desire to wade back through that. A decade will do that to you – along with the tender mercies of a loving, gracious God. Continue reading “Keeping Promises”
For Wilshire Baptist Church
I’m being bombarded this summer with emails from Classmates.com inviting me to join the excitement of the big class reunion in September. My first reaction was, “oops, they’ve got a bad mailing list because the reunion is for the class of ’78 and I graduated in ’77.” But then I looked closer and got the real scoop: yes, the class of ’78 is having their 40th reunion but they’re inviting the classes of ’77 and ’79 to the party because the kids in ’78 had friends ahead and behind them. Right? Yes and no. Continue reading “Prompts and Circumstances”
For Wilshire Baptist Church
I was pouring myself a cup of coffee when I was startled by a flash of movement in my peripheral vision. I took a quick look out the window and thought I saw a cat wobbling on the top of the garden trellis. But then I put down my mug and the coffee pot and looked again and saw that it was a hawk trying but failing to get a good, steady perch. Continue reading “Training Days”
