A family that rows together is a family that stays together. That’s because it takes a team, matching strokes, guiding the fragile craft down the course, crossing the finish line in a flourish, in sync (mostly), together (certainly). Such has been our family life. The One Year Bible reading for today, as it every year, […]
To Ponder
Motel of Sadness
Melanie was walking the streets of the small town. It was really early and she was thinking of times long ago. She looked in the bakery window and nearly jumped out of her flip flops when the lights all flipped on. Her left hand reached up and patted her chest bone just to make sure […]
Across the Fence: Sehnsucht
The Germanism in the English language I chose for today’s is a term used in everyday-life but also in psychology. Sehnsucht (pronounce approximately: ‘zayne-zooh-t) describes a state of yearning for something. It doesn’t sound really happy, does it? Well, it isn’t, because it is kind of a hopeless yearning for something, somebody, some place, or […]
Letter: Husbandeth – My Word For Today, Tomorrow, and the Day After That
How I needed this word for today: husbandeth. But when I really needed it was yesterday. And, chances are, I’ll need it tomorrow and the day after that. The word husbandeth occurs only once in all the Bible, and that is in Proverbs 17:27. The Contemporary English Version has it this way: “It makes a […]
In the Book Nook with … Stephanie Larkin
Author Stephanie Larkin works as a freelance editor and splits her time between Vancouver, WA, and Seattle, WA. For most of her adult life she has been writing poetry and short stories as a hobby, but when she became involved with a community of refugees, she felt compelled to write her first book. “Resettled’ was […]
Letter: Now I Know Why I Wander
As if I didn’t know before. For this past Father’s Day my family gave me a map. I am a school board director and in a recent cross-state trek for a conference I missed my turn (for which miles out of my way I was not compensated by the way – laughter). It didn’t help […]
Letter: A Most Memorable Man
By Cheryl Calvert, with David Anderson. The Adventures of Nee-Pie and Che-Pie, Chapter Three In maybe every family there’s always that one. Different than the rest. Like a dandelion in a field of daisies. Like a square peg in a round hole. Like a fish out of water. In fact, it was a fish out […]
Letter: Today I Choose Joy
I sat at my writing desk early this morning, the house quiet, my favorite time of day, and as I reached for my new favorite coffee cup, decorated with butterflies and flowers, I noticed the shape of the handle – a heart, but only half a heart. From the adjoining room, the family room, the […]
Melodie And the Crow
Whenever I have a meeting with a friend or someone I want to learn more from, I go to the my favorite coffee shop. But sometimes, just sometimes, I like to simply nurse my paper cup of coffee (with milk) and sip and listen . . . sip and listen. The listen and attraction part […]