These days I don’t sleep like I used to. I am older, the body I had in my 20’s burned away like flash paper in a magician’s act and these morning times are not always fun. Today, at 4 am, wide awake I decided to jog, walk and crawl. I
I believe our lives are much like fabric… they can be colorful, supportive, but not restrictive, and very resilient. That ‘fabric’ as I like to think of it, changes as the years march on, and there are times when the fabric of our lives is ripped and torn. Over the
Tales from the Road Series It starts with the squeal of horsehair pulled across the vibrating strings of an old fiddle, and the sharp ping of a Mandolin strike. The big bass doesn’t announce himself so much by the deep-throated sound, as the vibrations in the air. Somehow this mix
Tales from the Road Series. It’s post-world War II and recovery is slow. Rural North Carolina is still far from TV and dependent on the blistered, craggy hands of small farmers to keep life going. The larger cities, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Raleigh had all started to rise but entertainment was
My heritage, going back many moons, is from the Scottish Highlands. There are stories from WWI that say the enemy referred to the highlanders as the “Devil Ladies” or “The Woman from Hell” …a play on the fact that the Highlanders still showed up in kilts for campaigns, and they
Expand your vision We typically live in a restricted mindset and restricted choices when it comes to life. Our last blog and vlog talked about the words in our heads and their limiting powers. This week I am standing on the deck of the Queen Mary in Long Beach
When we walk through life we come to what I like to call ‘intersections’, decision points along the road. Which way will you turn, left, right, go straight ahead, reverse…Yes, you are at an intersection in life. The tapes that run in our heads, the words associated with said tapes
I am fascinated by human behavior and how we react to situations. Understand I said ‘react’ not act. We react to everyday situations and things that present us with a choice on how to respond. That choice we choose and the behavior that we exhibit interests me. I was studying
Two words that start with the letter ‘F’ but couldn’t be further apart in meaning and function There are many things, events, feelings, emotions that are common to all men and women. Some are good, some are bad, and some can be used for good that might be considered bad.
Original, Genuine, 100% pure are all phrases we’ve heard hundreds if not thousands of times. They get lost in the marketing madness of today’s world where phrase and name recognition wins the day. In the end, though, does a catchy phrase actually change your situation or ‘win the day’ when
When life breaks us, we all need to find handholds and I choose to believe that Christ was and is intimately involved with what occurred. I see that Christ is the ‘Hope of Glory’, Colossians 1:27 and it’s that Hope that is offered to all. That Hope is the foundation of what got me to this point in life. I pray God uses this tiny, little piece of Shattered Glass from my life to help you find the Hope he offers to you.
Eight year old Jeff’s imagination isn’t earth bound. He dreams of flying over his neighborhood, free from the bonds of gravity – becoming part of the elite list of eight year olds who have flown. When he and his brothers begin building a homemade go kart, he leaps on this opportunity to use his ingenuity, and make his dreams real!
I'd love to talk with you about all things grief, growth and transformation. Hope to talk soon.
