Let me tell you, folks, I have had a rough couple of weeks. I don’t know if I have ever said that I wanted to quit something more often than I have this past week, and I’m not sure if a week has ever gone more slowly. I keep thinking things like, “Ok, so since … [See more…]
“That was, without a question, one of the hardest things I have ever done,” Benjamin typed on his iPad last Sunday in church, to avoid disrupting the service with whispers. I had watched while he walked back to his seat from his place at the piano and sat down heavily in our pew, and could … [See more…]
It’s nearly Thanksgiving. Can you believe it? The weather is getting cooler, school projects are wrapping up, and it is almost time to feast on some turkeys. But as we get prepared for the whirlwind of cooking and visiting that make up the holiday, it is so important that we take a minute to stop … [See more…]
There is a man in our church who is just one of my favorite people. This man has white hair, hearing aids, and the brightest grin in the whole building. He always comes up to Benjamin and me with a joke or word of encouragement, and whenever you ask how he’s doing, he uses words … [See more…]