Great is the Lord

January 8, 2010

The book is called School House. It’s one of Malia’s (our two-year-old granddaughter) favorites. It’s one of those “Chubby Shape Books.” It has 85 words scattered across 16 pages, enhanced with some creative pictures. On page seven of the book the teacher (a glasses-wearing lamb, clothed in a purple-striped dress), points to a flip chart […]

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Who Would Have Thought?

December 18, 2009

The southwest corner of my basement is where I have strategically placed my Christmas presents for Mary. They are very conspicuously, yes conspicuously, hidden under an old blanket in an attempt to conceal the identity of both the packaging and the contents. Mary is familiar enough with “the game” and she enjoys the surprise of […]

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Live Generously

December 11, 2009

Mary and I were just outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming on our way to Casper when Mary spotted a sign for a Starbucks. “Let’s stop. I’ll buy!” The offer from Mary was spontaneous, genuine… and then humorous. The Starbucks card that Mary planned on using when we made the stop was a card that I had […]

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Now It's Our Turn

December 4, 2009

An eighteen-year-old Taylor University freshman captured my attention, then my heart, and then my mind. I was wowed by Mary Cargo, and in late spring of 1975 I looked into her blue eyes and proclaimed the depth of my feelings. "I love you." My heart raced, my palms were wet, and my tongue felt as […]

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Family Resemblance

November 23, 2009

Wednesday evening, after a day of driving and flying, I arrived at home. My payoff for several days of non-stop activities was waiting… my family, including all three of our grandchildren. The evening afforded me the opportunity to hold our newest granddaughter. Davey Elizabeth Wolgemuth is a 7 pound work of art born on November […]

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Uncomfortable

November 13, 2009

A couple days in Denver and unseasonably beautiful weather and Mary and I were on our bikes for a Saturday ride. It was wonderful to pedal around the Aurora Reservoir side by side. The culmination of our ride is a final quarter mile incline that takes us to a stoplight close to our house. It […]

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More…

November 6, 2009

Irv Polk was 74 years old when he died. By most accounts a full life and well within the borders of traditional life expectancy. But quite honestly, 74 seemed like a life cut short. Then again, I’m not sure that with the kind of life that Irv lived that any age would have been adequate. […]

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Lost Sheep

October 30, 2009

Little Bo Peep Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep, And can’t tell where to find them. Leave them alone, and they’ll come home Wagging their tails behind them. Nursery rhymes have become a mainstay of our reading resources for Malia, our 22- month-old granddaughter. Today, as she listened intently to the occupational challenges that […]

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Indescribable

October 16, 2009

At precisely 10:45 yesterday morning, I was amazed by something that happened. It’s not particularly important what exactly amazed me… just that God, in His own, unmistakable and unpredictable way, broke through my routine and interrupted my expectations with something well beyond my ability to ask or comprehend. God is incredible. Unconventional. Unhurried. God. To […]

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Doing What's Important

October 9, 2009

I’ve been to rental car counters a great deal over the last four and a half years… in fact, three times this week. But today, at Midway Airport in Chicago, something unexpected provided a measure of inspiration and perspective that was significant. It was at the precise moment where my patience was at its breaking […]

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