Weekly Devo

Sometimes I root for the “bad guys” in the movie.  In particular, I’m thinking of the safe cracker. You know the one whom all the other bad guys are protecting as he (or she!) turns the combination dial a bit one way and then the other, all the while keeping his ear to the safe to […]

I noticed something in a neighborhood I drive by and walk past regularly.  There are newish plantings of trees along the street.  Some of the trees have leafed out nicely.  Some have leafed out partially.  One or two have only bare gray branches.  For the first couple of years after the trees were planted someone made a lot of effort […]

He was buying lunch with his children. The oldest, a boy of 10 or 11, was insisting on ordering two Whoppers!  I expect you may agree that’s a mighty amount of burger, even for a growing boy.  The boy was adamant that he was “that hungry and needed” two large burgers and other people in line with them […]

Have you ever been lost at a hospital?  It’s sort of a common thing for me.  Almost every time I’m visiting a friend at the hospital or even a rehab center, I make a wrong turn and find myself wandering along without finding the room number I’m looking for.  Or the elevator.  Or the reception desk.  Fortunately I must have […]

There is, thankfully, a cool breeze this morning!  I love a cool fresh breeze.  Hot Summer days require more grace for me to keep my inner-curmudgeon at bay.  To be thankful, to be kind and thoughtful, gracious and neighborly. One of the things I do appreciate about sunny days is how much everyone (else) smiles.  Smiles are contagious, don’t […]

Will it matter in 100 years?  This is the question I began to ask myself a little over 30 years ago when I was tangled in the responsibilities of my corporate job whose atmosphere was showing itself more and more to be at cross-purposes with the life I desired, the life I wanted to live.  This was […]

Does the anniversary of a significant day or event sometimes sneak up on you?  You write the date or your smart phone sends you a remember this photo you took six years ago? message, and you suddenly remember this date is special.  Last Monday was my parents 69th wedding anniversary.  The day before, my son’s birthday.  But the anniversary that’s taking […]

Have you ever had a dream where you are being followed or chased?  The follower is getting closer, looming large, but despite your best efforts, you just can’t seem to get away, get to safety.  In my younger years I would often awake disturbed from such a dream but, thankfully, usually forgot the details of it almost […]