Drawing My Own Mushroom

September 17, 2021

*Dan is away for a summer sabbatical – a time of rest, rejuvenation and reverence.  Please enjoy one of our favorite Friday Fragments.  This Fragment was initially published on September 15, 2017. Kellen is a seven-year-old. He’s the bright and inquisitive grandson of my twin sister. Last week Kellen, his parents and his two siblings […]

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A Kiss for a Prodigal

September 3, 2021

*Dan is away for a summer sabbatical – a time of rest, rejuvenation and reverence.  Please enjoy one of our favorite Friday Fragments.  This Fragment was initially published on August 24, 2018. And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt […]

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Only a pebble…

August 27, 2021

*Dan is away for a summer sabbatical – a time of rest, rejuvenation and reverence.  Please enjoy one of our favorite Friday Fragments.  This Fragment was initially published on September 11, 2020. My workday had concluded, and I made the short commute from the office in our home to the front porch. Mary was sitting […]

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“We Don’t Say That”… But should we?”

August 20, 2021

*Dan is away for a summer sabbatical – a time of rest, rejuvenation and reverence.  Please enjoy one of our favorite Friday Fragments.  This Fragment was initially published on April 19, 2013. Hate was a word that simply wasn’t acceptable in the home in which I grew up. I don’t know if this was an […]

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“Well, do you know how to wrestle?”

August 13, 2021

*Dan is away for a summer sabbatical – a time of rest, rejuvenation and reverence.  Please enjoy one of our favorite Friday Fragments.  This Fragment was initially published on January 27, 2017. Rowan, our three-year-old grandson, posed the question to Mary as she invited input on plans for the afternoon at our house. I have […]

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Soft Clay

July 23, 2021

*Dan is away for a summer sabbatical – a time of rest, rejuvenation and reverence.  Please enjoy one of our favorite Friday Fragments.  This Fragment was initially published on May 5, 2017. Words are the soft clay that get formed into either useful or destructive purposes. I know this. I hear this. I am this. […]

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Key Lime Pie

July 16, 2021

*Dan is away for a summer sabbatical – a time of rest, rejuvenation and reverence.  Please enjoy one of our favorite Friday Fragments.  This Fragment was initially published on February 18, 2011. “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no […]

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Dear July

July 9, 2021

*Dan is away for a summer sabbatical – a time of rest, rejuvenation and reverence.  Please enjoy one of our favorite Friday Fragments.  This Fragment was initially published on June 29, 2018. Welcome back, dear friend. I’m looking forward to being with you soon. There’s always been something very special about you, but this year, […]

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Selah…

July 2, 2021

              O LORD, how many are my foes!                              Many are rising against me;               many are saying of my soul,                              “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah (Psalm 3:1–2) Selah… Over seventy times in the book of Psalms the word is used. Selah. While the […]

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History and a Lifelong Lesson

June 18, 2021

It was early in the morning of April 17, 1978 when Mary and I walked into our apartment on 1815 ½ Street, in Fort Wayne, IN. Actually, it was more like the middle of the night. Much to our surprise, soon after we walked up the very steep steps to our second-floor abode, the phone […]

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