“Tell them the group from Michigan is here and we’re ready to be picked up.” Those are the words of a gentleman from Auburn Hills, Michigan. We met him in the parking lot at Carver’s Gap, which is right on the Tennessee-North Carolina border. You can get on the Appalachian Trail there (which is what weContinue reading “Keeping up the Pursuit”
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I M 4 U
That’s what the plate on the front of the car said as we passed each other at an intersection recently. At least that’s what I think it said. I was only able to get a quick glance at it. Assuming that is what it said, what a great thing to put on a license plate! Four smallContinue reading “I M 4 U”
Bicycles, Lawnmowers and Valentine’s Day
All couples have stories about how they met or the things that brought them together. Sometimes these accounts are straightforward boy-meets-girl stories. At other times, they seem to indicate that mysterious external forces somehow conspired to bring the couple together. In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’d like to share a story about how my wifeContinue reading “Bicycles, Lawnmowers and Valentine’s Day”
Back in the USSR
Eugene Peterson wrote a book called A Long Obedience in the Same Direction in 1980 (back before he was Eugene Peterson). In the book, he essentially lamented what he spoke of as a tourist approach to faith—the tendency to run all over and get a glimpse of everything but really understand nothing. The result was an experience that was a mile long andContinue reading “Back in the USSR”
A Taste of Greece
Here are my top ten impressions of Greece from our trip during the summer of 2011. Needless to say, they are just those of one person, based on anecdotal, non-scientific research, and they cannot be used against me in a court of law. 10. The land is quite picturesque with its rugged hills, small mountains, andContinue reading “A Taste of Greece”
A Son Remembers (2)
A week after my visit with Dad I received a call from my sister telling me that he was in bed and likely wasn’t getting out again. Her words were something to the effect that he was going downhill fast. What a curious phrase—don’t people usually go downhill fast? I arrived the next day. When I went into his bedroom,Continue reading “A Son Remembers (2)”
A Son Remembers (1)
(I wrote this several years ago but today—the day before Father’s Day, seemed like a good time to post it. Thanks to Paula Morrel and the good people at Tales from the South for allowing me to share it on their program and including it in their book, Tales from the South: Volume 2). It is the 10th of August,Continue reading “A Son Remembers (1)”
A Place at the Table
I had dinner with my mother last Friday night—nothing unusual about that. What was different was where we ate. It wasn’t at her favorite restaurant (Bandito Burrito), or at her house. We ate at her new home—an assisted living retirement community. As we entered the dining room and were looking for an empty table, there were aContinue reading “A Place at the Table”
A Mother’s Perseverance
(I wrote this for Mother’s Day 2013, just a few months before Mom passed away. I was heading home from Arkansas and was going to stop by Madison and take her out to lunch. My brother Andy called me somewhere around Corinth, Mississippi and told me that Mom had experienced a massive stroke and wasContinue reading “A Mother’s Perseverance”
Personally Speaking
A Glorious Rescue Day A Mailbox, a Note, and a Good Neighbor A Mother’s Perseverance A Place At The Table A Son remembers (1) A Son remembers (2) A Taste Of Greece Back In The USSR Bicycles, Lawn Mowers & Valentine’s Day Hazardous to Your Health If Love Was a Truck IM4U It Just Might MakeContinue reading “Personally Speaking”
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