Easter’s Coming Anyway
ou could say the wee lobby of our small-town post office lacks privacy. And those bare white walls and overtired clerks offer little warmth when tensions mount or matters of a personal nature arise. The...
This Is the Stuff of Rainbows
Updated 4/14/2021 Around this time of year I hear myself and others lament, “It’s spring! What's with these freezing temps (or rain or snow.. or all three)?” As if we’re meant to go right from winter to summer, to suddenly...
The 3 Words that Lead to Rest
est. I awake after a topsy-turvy sleep episode, feeling robbed of my fair share. What’s this headache about, Lord? Why this uninvited tension knotting my shoulders, sending zingers up my neck? Could you...
When Joy Comes Out of Left Field: Erik’s Story
hoose joy," they say. But how? My friend Erik just marked a bittersweet anniversary, a decade passed since a snowboarding accident left him paralyzed, confined to a wheelchair. Yesterday Erik wrote this:...
You Are Not a Fixer-Upper
Image: HGTV oday as I type, I've got a front-row view of some curious goings-on across the street at the old, historic farmhouse. For years that beloved local landmark had gone to ruin. Many chased the...
How to Give Only Good and Perfect Gifts
A Vintage Christmas {Advent series, Week 2} Go here to read Week 1. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come...
