Category: Inspiration and hope
A documented answer to prayer
October 12, 2019
WHEN PAIN IS SO BAD YOU CRY OUT IN THE NIGHT: My good friend Mary Ann lives in Kansas. She was having migraines when I got in on the story……pounding […]
Tribute to my mother who passed away last week at 97
September 16, 2019
EARLY MEMORIES. My earliest (ever) memory was telling mum that I didn’t want to die. I was scared. She comforted me. The thing I remember best was mum’s perseverance in […]
Two sides of loving.
July 27, 2019
WHATS IN THIS BLOG: • Inspired by friends Kevin and Dorota. • Jesus defined two sides of loving. • Who is my neighbor? • What about today? I RECEIVED AN […]
Finding hope and joy in Santa Fe.
June 25, 2019
WHAT KIND OF EVENT DOES THE FOLLOWING REMIND YOU OF: A small group of a dozen men meeting for two hours on a Saturday morning. Ages range from 40-something to […]
Puppy thoughts at Easter
April 20, 2019
It’s the day before Easter Sunday, 2019, and I took Chanel for a walk. I’m very fond of Chanel, although she belongs to my good friend Mary Ann. She’s a […]
I was an uncertain Samaritan
April 8, 2019
Last Sunday after church and lunch at a Mexican restaurant, I drove past a broken-down car with the owner, a young woman, sitting on the ground with a grubby child […]
Imagine what heaven is like
March 30, 2019
WHATS IN THIS BLOG: • Heaven in country songs. • Heaven in hiking. • How to imagine heaven by Max Lucado. HEAVEN IN COUNTRY SONGS I enjoy country & western […]
How to balance science and faith.
February 24, 2019
WHATS IN THIS BLOG: • My talk on Fracking and Global Warming at Oral Roberts University. • The faith of a neurobiologist. • Tensions he sees between science and faith. […]
Six white boomers
January 31, 2019
Kim McGrath invited me to talk to her first-graders about Christmas in Australia. So with my rabbit trap, boomerang, and didgeridoo, I turned up in December 2018 at her first-grade […]
Grandpa loses house to fire.
January 7, 2019
My birthday is January 7. A few years ago I didn’t have a party and there was no-one to celebrate with. I went to the grocery store to buy some […]