A true tale written long ago and rediscovered. Every morning I wake up very early and after our family of 11 spends a little time together we head off in our different directions. I head off to the kitchen to prepare my same breakfast, eaten in the same chair in the same location at our kitchen table for years. My breakfast of champions is a precise 3-minute soft-boiled egg, one piece of buttered wheat toast…
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I’ve been feeling exhausted. Worn out from what I thought would just be a short detour. Now it appears to be the new road on a long and tiring cross-country journey. Can you relate? The pandemic appears to be just one of the destinations along the way. Where do we find rescue when the road outstretches our resources? “Lest we despair, God has given us “a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11 NLT) and to…
2 CommentsWatching home movies from the late 90s I could see the 5 and 7-year-old swooping over the 3-year-old and rip at the gift in his hands all for the cause of “helping” the younger sibling open his gift. And what do I hear the younger me say? “Let your brother open his own gift.” What does it mean to let another open their own gift? I am pretty aware of what it is not. It…
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Leave a CommentWhat does it take to move you to action? Maybe you are an activator. You hate to wait. Before all the words are spoken your feet are heading out the door making it happen. Perhaps you are more wired to deliberate by fully considering every angle to every obstacle before choosing to act. No matter your wiring for action this pandemic season for many feels like a halt. A delay to dreams and plans. I…
3 CommentsFrank Features – Little Vignettes In my father’s USNA 20th class reunion yearbook Dad wrote how his best man gave this wedding toast , “May all your troubles be little ones.” Dad’s end cap to that toast 20 years and 12 kids later was all my troubles were little ones(kids)! This toast has come to be part of our tradition at our family weddings! Faith My father kept a home office in our basement. When…
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