Tag: hard things

Light in the Darkness

They say that the silence of God lasted 400 years; that the prophet Malachi ended the prophetic period where God’s voice was alive and active with his final words and then the darkness and the silence set in. …

The things we’ve learned

Asynchronous vs. synchronous, virtual learning, online school, social distance, contact-traced, covid positive, quarantine … These are just a few examples of words we have added to our vocabulary this year. At the beginning of March 2020, I had …

Repenting lessons

Say you’re sorry and mean it. Look him in the eye and tell him you are sorry. I would stand the angry boys face to face and make the guilty one say it. And it always played out …

Making lists and walking on water

I hate making lists almost as much as I hate math. Seriously. I will do anything to keep from having to enumerate life. My brain thinks freedom is found in being untethered, in lyric and cadence but never …

The kingdom of God on a Tuesday in November

They are saying that this is the most important election in history or in a generation or in our lifetime. And I don’t really know who “they” are, but somehow I have allowed “them” enough access to my …

We Know This

Saturday Night Live is not generally where I get inspiration for writing these blog posts. I am old and have to be up way too early on Sunday mornings to make it through much of the late-night comedy …

The days of doing hard things

“This is so hard! Why is it so hard?!” my youngest collapses on his desk knocking books and papers to the floor. The assignment on his computer is flashing green, but when he clicks on it nothing happens. …

Through a storm

We spent last week at the beach on the edge of Tropical Storm Barry. And as we watched the Gulf change from calm and easy waves to pounding and crashing surf, I was reminded of some words I …

Headlines, Horror, Cookies and Potato Latkes

There is a synagogue across the street from our church. We share parking lots and pleasantries during big events and holidays. We know their Rabbi and they know our Pastor. We speak and smile and try not to …

What to do when you run out of storage space

My iPhone has not backed itself up in the last 96 days. It tells me this as I am trying to retrieve some super important piece of information from it. The home screen locks and this message appears. …