Or the joys of turning 78. — A friend says age is only a number. I beg to differ. My body tells me otherwise, and so do other people. My wife keeps telling me to act my age. I tell her I would, but I don’t know how. My body creaks, but I can still get out…

How I practice the Presence of God — “The most holy and necessary practice in our spiritual life is the presence of God. That means finding constant pleasure in His divine company, speaking humbly and lovingly with him in all seasons, at every moment, without limiting the conversation in any way.” ~ Brother Lawrence. Do you practice the…

Well, three, actually. — My dad taught me many lessons, but one stands out. When I was around 5 years old, my dad took me “hunting” with him in the woods behind our house. He had a small 0.22 Winchester rifle that he kept standing in the corner of the living room closet in…

The transportation of the future? — I was a bike rider decades before it became a thing. I got a black 3-speed Schwinn for Christmas when I was 10 years old. I immediately took it out and began teaching myself to ride. I’d haul it up the small hill near our house, hop on, and do…

The lesson my mother taught me. — Jill Ebstein’s book At My Pace: Lessons from Our Mothers inspired me to think about one important lesson my mother taught me. I had just completed sixth grade and was doing poorly in school. I was not good at sports and showed no interest in academics. I liked my teachers…

The example of Alix Dorsainvil. — “Love is the only thing that transforms the human heart.” “We can punish people all we want, and the more we punish people and imprison people, the worse they become.” ~ Father Richard Rohr in “Richard Rohr Daily Meditation: The Big Picture of Love” www.cac.org 8/24/2023 We call such justice…

Hay field, that is. I started working with a friend, his dad, and his two older brothers hauling hay in the summer after sixth grade. I was paid a whopping $2.00 per day. My job was to align rows of hay bales so the truck with a loader attached could…

Does it work? — If you have ever prayed, and I know most people reading this have, you have probably asked yourself why some prayers seem to get an instant response and others seem to fall on deaf ears. Almost thirty-five years ago my wife and I and our pastor met for a one-day…

Do you find them depressing? — We had a good, long, soaking rain here last night which we needed to help relieve our drought. The temperature now at 2:15 p.m. is only 61F, and the day is gray. Not the gray of winter but the gray of dreariness. Do you feel depressed on dark, gloomy days…