A:  Big A, little a.  What begins with ‘A?’  Aggravation, allergies, acceleration.  A, a, a. Of course, I’m not referring to Mr. Schrock’s children who are now all home for the 

No matter how I squirm and squiggle, writhe and wriggle with fear and excitement tangled up in near-equal parts, they won’t leave me alone, those dreams.  And then God Almighty

Holes have also appeared at the base of a pine tree, and they’ve been treasure hunting again.  Apparently, there’s something about the pinging of a metal detector that throws a

What a difficult few weeks it had been.  Life had thrown some curve balls, leaving us scrambling to catch up, get ahead, work it through.  I’d fallen silent, needing time

The ancient account of how God led His people through the desert came to life in bright pictures displayed. There to the right was the pillar of cloud by day,

I see you.  I know you because I’ve been in that place.  I know that weight, that thing that’s pressing in, pulling you down – you know, that thing you never

Lucky for them, I’ve managed to escape ephebiphobia.  That’s the fear of teenagers.  And lucky for me, I don’t have androphobia.  That’s the fear of men.  What I do have

Officially, there were two of us running again.  Unofficially, everybody runs.  Just because the rest of us don’t have numbers pinned on our shirts doesn’t mean we’re not running.  As

She hugged me there on the high stool in my favorite corner.  “What are you reading?” she asked eagerly. “I’m in Isaiah,” I said, “and I wish I could understand

Just home from an end-of-the-year meeting at school, I get Little his breakfast, grind up the beans, and measure fresh coffee into the filter.  Cream (the real kind) swirls like ribbons