(Sophia, happy as a clam, in her Daddy’s pick up truck.) A heavyset, gray-haired man, short and jovial, honed in on my cautious, serious daughter the moment she arrived. She was eight or nine at the time. He was a volunteer at Vacation Bible School...
Photo by Artificial Photography on Unsplash God and I went to the thrift store last week. It’s was the first day my kids were back in school. Although I often go thrifting with the aim of stocking my kids’ closets, I breezed right through...
Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for bread, will give a stone? Or if the child asks for fish, will give a snake? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good...
He’s tall and burly, like someone who played football in high school. Gray-haired, with some extra weight around the middle, he carries his daughter to school wrapped in a blanket every day through the long winter months. I saw him this morning, as I do...
Butch Cassidy and The Wild Bunch (Photo Source) (To celebrate my new web page and in honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m re-sharing some old posts this week focusing on the topic of love. Today’s post is from February 2013. Stop back tomorrow for...
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