In a moment of weakness this week I yielded to the temptation to buy some Michigan Sour Cherry Candies. I really don’t need Michigan Sour Cherry Candies at all, but I can eat them like a champion. Outside the store was a kid riding a skateboard back and forth in front of the door. Just […]
You Will Know
Mark Hitchcock has written a readable, comprehensive book on things to come. The End In the second year of our marriage I was blessed with a pulpit and a perish in Mercer County, Ohio not far from the Indiana border. We were in our early twenties. The good men of the church (Bob Thees and […]
I Talk to Myself
Remember Who You Are. Some days I just have to grab myself by the lapels and give myself a good talking-to, because I let this sin-cursed world kick me in the gut and I forget who I am. Here’s what I say to myself: “Ken, you are a storyteller, you are a poet, you are […]
Fat Buds
Tigers Spring is making it’s annual trip north. The buds are fattening on the Pear out front. The birds are boldly singing in the early-morning chill. The sky is still gray and the grass is still brown, but were are on daylight savings time now and the Tigers are in spring training. They will be […]
Breakfast with Jesus
There is a graceful scene painted toward the end of John’s Gospel I love to contemplate. Peter has repeatedly and publicly denied Jesus. Peter had trouble with the idea that Jesus would have to suffer. Resisting the idea earned had him a rebuke at Caesarea Philippi. He just couldn’t get his mind around the idea […]
George and Norma Haberer-Washington
George Haberer, a retired missionary, just called. He was expressing gratefulness for our support over the years. I sensed that his heart was heavy. You could hear it in his voice. I said; “How are you today.” He answered slowly. “Well, considering what I’m going through, I’m doing well.” He couldn’t speak for a moment. […]