We all long for the verbal blessing of others. This longing starts early and continues all through our lives. Last night we were all lying in our bunks in a cabin where I was speaking at a family camp. The children were getting in their last squirms and giggles. When things were finally quiet I […]
When You’re Shaking Like A Leaf
It was 2008. Our second-born son, third-born child Chuk was a youth pastor in Door County, Wisconsin. One day I was thinking of him. I took his picture off the wall of my study and I was praying for him when I had a strong impression that his hands were trembling. I finished praying for […]
Pirates in the Park
On the way home from the study every evening I pass a park filled with pirates, dozens of them every autumn night. They are Riverview Pirates, young Riverview football players practicing for thier Saturday games. They wear bright yellow pants and burgundy jerseys. When I see them I always feel a pang of memory… sweet […]
An Arc of Fire
We used to live out in the country where you could burn your paper trash in a fifty-five gallon drum out back. I needed to started a fire but I had no matches and we lived about ten miles from the nearest store. There is a right way and there are dozens of wrong ways […]