Give Thanks

  So, we are reminded at least once per year that it is good to give thanks for all that we have.  Some do it reluctantly, some do it out of tradition, some do it with a heart full of gratitude, and some don’t do it at all.  I think there is a reason God put in...

Old Fruit

There is a small apple tree that I drive by most every day that still has several apples hanging on it.  A few years back, when running by this tree, I stopped and took a few apples and ate them.  They were good!  Every fall, I say I should stop and get a few more...

Beneath Me

Is there anything you have said is beneath you?  Something you feel you are either overqualified or just not able to stomach doing?  The other day, I found myself digging through a bag of garbage looking for something that I had accidentally tossed the day before,...

American Idols

When I was a child and heard the stories in church about worshiping idols, I imagined the traditional carved statues and mini tikis, like on the Brady Bunch.  These were things I never saw much of in real life, so imagined I did not have an issue with this in my...

The Kindness of Strangers

Years ago, during a Summer break from college, I worked doing door-to-door sales in Southern Louisiana in the area between Ponchatoula and Baton Rouge.  It was the first time I had been a long way from home for an extended period, and I didn’t know anyone there, but I...