Tag: John

  • That Unwelcome Quiet Time

    STRESS!! It consumes, divides and doubles. You would think that a little quiet time would be welcome, but that’s not always the case. In fact, for many of us quiet time may invite the most intimidating minutes of our day. A quiet awakening I should have welcomed opportunity for more sleep, for my night had been…

    man is like a breath - quote from Ps 144 and photo of sun and blue sky breaking through the clu=ouds
  • Who are my brothers?

    Family! Gotta love ’em I have two brothers and a sister, not to mention other challenging family members who generally disagree with my considered path which seldom offers the least resistance. Lately we’ve had some ‘family disagreements.’ Has that ever happened with you? We’re all hard to convince on important points of life, so in…

  • Padiddle

    Padiddle ‘Padiddle,’ it came to me as I was driving home at dusk one evening. Padiddle, where did that come from? Then I remembered. I had not grown up with it, for our family had played other travel games in the car. In fact, as I observed a car in traffic with no lights on…