Warm summer breezes blow on this Michigan autumn night. Temperatures in the upper 70s today. How pleasant. How beautiful. Yet on the way home today, I couldn’t buy gas. No electricity at the station. I got home and couldn’t park my car in the garage. No electricity for the power door opener. Wanted to read. […]
When I was a teenager, I had a radio in my bedroom on the second floor. I would close the door and sing along with the radio to my favorite songs. My father would tell me to keep it down. I kept on singing. When I was in my twenties, I was in a devotional […]
Here’s an article in today’s Grand Rapids Press that reiterates what I just wrote. Let the UN take over Iraq. Bring our troops home. ‘You wonder if we are doing the right thing’
I spoke to my son last night. He’s 21, going to be 22 in a few days. He’s living in Missoula, Montana with his high school girl friend. They moved there after he got back from Egypt in January. He was there for seven months with the Army National Guard. He was going to go […]
Since I got my new computer up and running, I’ve been redesigning and rewriting/editing my website. I’m getting close to the end of the process. It’s been quite a chore especially since I’m using a new program to create it which I’m not real familiar with (not that I was that good with the old […]
Fall is a really beautiful time of year. The temperatures are pleasant (I enjoy wearing a jacket and hat rather than being too hot), the leaves are beautiful, the harvest continues to come in from our garden, there’s a certain mellowness to life. I feel that way about my own life also. I am in […]
I have just added business coaching to the menu of services I offer. I act as a sounding board or catalyst. Some companies realize they have a problem and don’t know how to tackle it themselves. As an outside, objective person, I provide honest, constructive feedback and suggestions for handling situations allowing you to explore […]
Everything is new and ever changing. Everything is the same, timeless. How can we experience the exciting freshness of life while centered in eternity? That is the challenge of life. We are eternal beings living in temporary bodies in a temporary world. Fresh, new opportunities present themselves to us daily. We need to learn to […]
Yesterday’s blog got lost in cyberspace when I clicked on the wrong button while trying to publish it. My wife works second shift and often gets to bed around two. I’m a light sleeper, often wake up and sometimes have difficulty getting back to sleep as I did last night. So, I got up did […]
I’ve been asked to get up early tomorrow morning and go to the county building to address the commission regarding gay marriages. It seems they’re considering passing a resolution supporting a proposal that the state of Michigan pass a constitutional amendment outlawing gay marriages. There is already a state law on the books. What motive […]