From Here to There

I’ve been plowing through the Gospel of John for my morning devotions lately.  I don’t mean plowing in the sense that I was carefully working through the text; I’m afraid I’ve been going through it on autopilot because it’s so familiar.  Coming up to chapter 19,...

You Know It’s Bad When You Give It a Name

Every September we vow we will replace it before next summer.  But then June hits and we have forgotten the agony it causes us.  We have forgotten the debilitating noise and the lost conversations, and now it’s too late.  Because it technically still works and...

What Mashed Potatoes Taught Me

No mashed potatoes?! I was filling my plate with Thanksgiving favorites and had been saving a large spot for my favorite side dish…Mashed Potatoes. I got to the end of the kitchen counter and hadn’t seen them.  Where did I miss them?  As I scanned the...