Ever come across one of those verses in the Bible that holds the mirror up to you and you don’t like what you see? You know – those ones that ‘hit you where you live’ and make you pull the log out of your own eye before you dig for the splinter in someone else’s? […]

Been re-reading my posts. Scroll down to August 3, 2009. Read that one first. Then come back to this one. I’ll wait. This past Sunday our mission team to El Salvador shared about their trip this past June. It was bittersweet for me – sweet because it’s my heart desire (missions). Bitter because I’m still […]

So I was talking w/ someone this morning & she mentioned a blog she does. Made me think…”hmmm….I have one. Haven’t done anything with it in a while, but I have one.” So I said to self: “Self – I think it’s time you look at your last blog post.” Was a little surprised to […]

Just read a segment of Arthur Pink’s article on election (point 1) http://www.pbministries.org/books/pink/Miscellaneous/god_of_jacob.htm  Found myself praying & having a convcersation with myself that went like this: ‘why me?’ Answer: because He has a plan to use me. ‘What did I do to deserve this?’ That’s just it, Sue – like the article said, He chose […]

We’ve all watched and laughed as a gerbil or hamster runs in their exercise wheel getting nowhere. But do they really know it? They don’t seem to get discouraged at that fact. I just found out I’ve been a gerbil the last 4 months and the question becomes ‘how will I respond?’ I read an […]

Sometimes reading Scripture is like looking at a puzzle wondering how it all fits together. Ever since my Florida trip I’ve been pondering Phil. 1:27 – what is ‘conduct worthy of the gospel of Christ’? And today I read Col. 2:6: ‘so walk in Him…’ What on earth does this puzzle mean?! As I read […]

“My dream isn’t ultimately about me. It’s about how God wants to bless and reach others through me. THOSE FOLKS NEED ME to embrace God’s dream for me.” That was a huge morsel I took away from our pastor’s teaching yesterday. It was the 2×4 upside the head this blockhead needed. My life suddenly went […]

When there was a sense of urgency and the transporter was broken, that’s what Capt. Kirk would ask: “What’s the problem, Mr. Scott?” Sometimes I feel like my transporter has been broken which causes me to ask the same question of myself: what’s the problem? Colossians 1:13 reads “For He delivered us from the domain […]

I scribbled on my bulletin this morning at church. I had to find something to write on to capture what was going on in my head during worship. The lyrics pierced my heart & put an image in my head and asked the question that penetrates to the core: “You tore the veil, You made […]

Tonight I found a missing link…not THE missing link, but A missing link. There was no huge research budget, no years in the making (well…maybe…..)…no committee or anything. It kind of just ‘happened.’ I went to a lake 5 minutes from the hotel. Packed my backpack w/ my CD player, some worship CDs and other […]

I had a drink tonight. A BIG drink! I needed it…I mean that, I confess it…I needed a drink tonight. I drank deep from the Fellowship Fountain. I just spent 3-1/2 WONDERFUL hours with a kindred spirit friend. Ever heard of that before? I’m blessed to have a number of them. That’s good & bad. […]

Sometimes life just drains you dry. Before you know it you’re an old dry used up sponge sitting in the bucket, basically worthless. You don’t hold any water – it just runs right through. That’s what happens when life eats at you, when you get ‘holes’ in you that are too big to be useful. I’ve […]

Blinky lights are a wonderful thing…when they’re SUPPOSED to blink! In this case they alerted the plane captain to an engine problem and he shut the engine down. They pushed us back to the gate (we were getting ready to taxi) and two hours later we were off again. Where would we be without blinkly […]

My guess is it’s in the back our all our minds..where were you when _______? I was at work – a new job…only 7 months (almost to the date)…learning the ropes when suddenly my life as I knew it stood still. I heard the news…the first plane. Then the 2nd. Then the Pentagon. And Pennsylvania. […]

First, let me go on record…I do NOT own a ferret….nor do I desire to own one. Yes, they’re cute with their little twitchy noses looking up at you and I imagine there’s nothing like having them crawl all over you. Ah – I can just feel it – the claws digging in just a […]

OK – I apologize. I’m SUCH a bad blogger – 7 months between entries?! No tango mucho tiempo ahora (I don’t have much time right now) but here’s a quick blink to what I have to catch you up on: – I’ve been preoccupied for the last 5-6 months on a HUGE surprise party for […]

People often say ‘work stinks.’ They’re probably expressing frustration or dissatisfaction with something. But Friday morning that phrase took on a whole new meaning. Work stunk. LITERALLY! When we walked in the door Friday morning we could immediately smell it in the foyer…something smelled like melting plastic. I asked the Controller (the first office inside the […]

My Giggle Twin has left on a jet plane. Tammy was home for a month and left early this morning to return to the orphanage in Honduras where she’s a volunteer. We got a chance to talk last week for 2 hours and it was 2 of the best hours! We picked up right where […]

Many MANY years ago there was a cartoon called the WonderTwins. When they needed their teamed power they would touch rings and say ‘Wonder Twins Power – Activate!” I guess you could call it the first draft of Sync technology. Well, my Giggle Twin Power got activated last night after 9 months. Tammy (aka: ‘Giggle […]

I got a call over the weekend from an ‘old friend’ of mine. We met when I worked at Hanover College 1988-1989. He was the President of FCA and I was the advisor. We spent many hours talking – not just about the group, but about life. Jeff has become a dear kindred spirit friend. He, […]