You can learn a lot from your dog.Our golden retriever, Salida, is a people pleaser. Her only motivation is to know that what she is doing pleases you. She's actually a pretty amazing dog!Except.Except when she forgets we exist!And unfortunately, her memory isn't very...
The other day I lost one of my baby birds. We searched everywhere, to no avail."Help me find that baby bird," I prayed. About then I went into the laundry room to throw something in the washer (it's amazing how much house cleaning happens when you are looking for a...
What do you do when you have a pen that won't write? If you're like most of us, you sling it a few times in that stabbing motion, hoping gravity is going to somehow jar the ink loose (I wonder if that's ever really worked for anyone). Then you scribble. Then you...
Never scrimp on fake fingernails. If you've ever picked up a set of those mega-cheap ones when you were in a rush, I have no doubt you completely understand what I'm talking about. How discomforting is it to have one of those slippery little rascals flick across a...
Acts 28:27 ‘For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'In December 1745,...
2 Corinthians 9:7 - Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. (NRSV)My youngest child, Tucker, turned four on October 30th, and for the first time, he had a children's birthday party. He...
Proverbs 3:27-28 - Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow" -- when you now you have it with you. (NIV)I remember that Friday well. It had been a heavy work...