Spiritual Directions for the Journey
Posted in A Funny Thing Happened..., Parents and Kids on Nov 8th, 2012
Six year old Annie returns home from school and says she had her first family planning lesson at school. Her mother, very interested, asks; “How did it go?” “I died of shame!” she answers. “Sam from over the road, says that the stork brings babies. Sally next door said you can buy babies at the [...]
Posted in A Funny Thing Happened... on Sep 6th, 2012
Today I started a brand new adventure- teaching in a community college. I will let you know from time to time how this journey is going and perhaps some new ideas we find along the way. It is billed as a Sales and Marketing course, but in reality, it is a class on life since [...]
Posted in A Funny Thing Happened..., Big Questions, Stuff for Wandering on Sep 2nd, 2012
I had the pleasure of attending my mother-in-law’s birthday bash yesterday. As the old saying goes, she is “one in a million”. In fact, even though she was one of 12 children, I believe God broke the mold when he sent Pearl to be in this world. One of the things I noticed is that [...]
Posted in 1K Word Pictures, Big Questions on Aug 22nd, 2012
Posted in A Funny Thing Happened... on Aug 13th, 2012
When you are dissatisfied And would like to go back to youth, Think of Algebra.
Posted in A Funny Thing Happened... on Aug 2nd, 2012
An older gentleman was on the operating table awaiting surgery and he insisted that his son, a renowned surgeon, perform the operation. As he was about to get the anesthesia, he asked to speak to his son. ’Yes, Dad, what is it? ‘ ‘Don’t be nervous, son; Do your best and just remember, If it doesn’t [...]
Posted in A Funny Thing Happened..., Parents and Kids on Jun 29th, 2012
”Children: You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 telling them to sit down and shut-up.” – Unknown
Posted in A Funny Thing Happened... on Jun 25th, 2012
Ah, being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
Posted in A Funny Thing Happened..., Parents and Kids on Jun 23rd, 2012
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” – Mark Twain
Posted in Parents and Kids, The Wisdom of... on Jun 13th, 2012
An eye witness account from New York City , on a cold day in December, some years ago: A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the young boy and said,’my, but you’re in such deep [...]
Posted in Parents and Kids on Jun 8th, 2012
Sometimes When Parents texting their kids it can “Zing” them:
Posted in Parents and Kids, The Wisdom of... on May 27th, 2012
On my way home one day, I stopped to watch a Little League base ball game that was being played in a park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first- base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was ‘We’re behind 14 to nothing,’ he answered [...]
Posted in Parents and Kids, The Wisdom of... on May 25th, 2012
A four-year-old child, whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the child went into the old Gentleman’s’ yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked her child what he was said to the neighbor, the child just said, [...]
Posted in A Funny Thing Happened... on May 24th, 2012
The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
Posted in Big Questions, Parents and Kids on Apr 9th, 2012
On this Easter Sunday I am reflecting on life, death and new life. It has been a busy and hectic week. In the church business this is the big one. It begins with Holy Thursday, Good Friday, which included a powerful evening celebration of the Way of the Cross with the Good Thief at the [...]
