It started with the death of a lizard – a gecko, actually. We have bugs in our house. The big kind you can hear coming, or the kind that try to sing you to sleep at night. My tendency is to smash first and think about the consequences later. This Read more…
Sitting in Nashville International Airport, the strains of an acoustic guitarist crooning the sweet melodies of my college days mix with the urgent advice of diligent gate agents and the innumerable half-conversations around me, I am overwhelmed by the abundance of God’s mercy toward me. The last few days have Read more…
Someday I will write a book called, “Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of Grapes.” As easy as it is to grow grapevines, tending them so as to get a bountiful harvest is an ongoing struggle. One year there are grape-leaf skeletonizers. The next year there are leaf-hoppers and thrips. If Read more…
Sitting on the back porch, enjoying the unseasonably cool weather . . . trying to find peace. There are more things on my “to do” list than I can possibly get done! Guests coming to sleep in a guest room with no flooring and missing woodwork . . . a Read more…
My verse for 2019 is familiar “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.” (Matthew 6:33 ) Easy to quote. Hard to practice. As I explore this verse, I discover places in my life that are still my territory, rather than the Read more…
Following Jesus every day in the everyday includes music at my house. I grew up singing and playing. The language of my soul is melody and rhyme, and I take literally the instructions to “sing and make music in your hearts toward God.” It is a primary way He and Read more…