THE FOURTH CORNER
I have just returned from a long awaited visit to my birthplace. Far and away to the northwest, nearly hanging off the jagged edge of …
ATTIC CLEANUP
I can just see the epitaph on my gravestone now. “In her 75th year of life, Rose conquered the attic.” It’s possible that a precipitous …
CHRISTMAS TREE TRAUMA
I’m not sure how this yearly event comes to bring us to the edge of divorce. First there is the angst of the rising cost …
CHRISTMAS PHOTO CIRCA 1955
We all know how a photograph can bring back a flood of memories. There we are in black and white – my cousin and I, perched …
WHO CREATED GOD?
I was chatting with our friends’ 8 year old son Seth when out of his mouth popped this question. “Miss Rose, who made God?” I …
WHO WILL BUY?
Walking through the chill spring morning, I look up at the bluest of skies. It couldn’t be bluer. I marvel at its depth, its infinity. …
A VIRAL LULLABY
I love this song, written by Dennis Jernigan, who had a glimpse into the heart of our heavenly Father.“When the night is falling and the …
TIME AND ETERNITY
He is probably someone’s grandpa. He sits at a nearby table in our favorite restaurant on San Juan Island, a U.S. Navy cap firmly in …
“FAITH” VS. FAITH
Imagine this. You are hiking in the White Mountains. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, but evening is coming on. You head home for …
WHY DO WE LAUGH?
Scientific studies on humor have concluded that we laugh because of a primitive evolutionary throwback to a former time. A more intriguing explanation might be that …