Monthly Archives: April 2018

Loyola of Chicago, an underdog in this year’s NCAA basketball tourney, was loved by almost everyone, and many were saddened when they were defeated in the semifinals. Their run this year brought back some of my memories from 1963, when … Continue reading →

I wear a Fitbit. Perhaps you do too. If you’re not familiar with this little device, it looks like a wristwatch, albeit rather clunky. And yes, it does give me the date and time. But more importantly it “counts my … Continue reading →

In the movie “Maid in Manhattan,” Jennifer Lopez tells the Head of Security that her nickname for him is “God” because He sees everything and still smiles. This impressed me because in that type of job a person sees all … Continue reading →

Unsolicited, they flood my mailbox day after day. Letter after letter offering me Lower rates Better coverage Greater benefits Life insurance . . . Don’t they know that my policy has been paid in full? Don’t they know that I … Continue reading →

Winnie the Pooh said, “Spring has sprung, the grass is rizz. I wonder …” If you were to ask me in December, what is my favorite season, I would tell you – Winter! In July, Summer and in September, Fall. … Continue reading →

“Ev’ry morning is Easter morning From now on. Ev’ry day’s resurrection day. The past is over and gone.” That’s my favorite Richard Avery and Donald Marsh song. I loved teaching it to children. They sing it like they really believe … Continue reading →

Doug was one of my friends when I was in school at the University of Wisconsin. In the spring of 1970 Paulette and I, together with Doug and his wife, went strawberry picking at a U-Pick farm outside of Madison, … Continue reading →

This is the question many pastors ask themselves as guests on Easter greet them coming out of worship. Will they be “one and done”? Were they here out of obligation, duress? We all trust the Holy Spirit’s leading in this. … Continue reading →

I was brought up as a Christian by my parents. We went to church every Sunday .We practiced our faith religiously, confessing our sins at least once a week. We were told there is a heaven and a hell, and … Continue reading →

The rock is rolled away The tomb lies empty in the early morning darkness The linens are left behind And Mary weeps. “They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.” (John 20:13) In … Continue reading →