I was sitting in my early morning chair, thinking about gratitude. I wrote some things in my Moleskine. And I looked at the blanket on my lap. It’s a lap blanket, just the right size to keep the chill away while drinking coffee and reading Colossians and thinking about gratitude. We got it from one […]

I have a suggestion for those of you who like to create controversy. Next time someone asks you to read something thankful from the Bible, like before you eat at Thanksgiving, say, “I have the perfect poem. David wrote this.” Then read Psalm 35. “Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; Fight against […]

Many of my friends are thankful this month. Each day they are listing one thing they are thankful for. On Facebook. I’m glad for them. You might say I’m thankful for them. (That takes care of day five.) But I can’t do that. I have this thing inside me that drives me to be original. […]

I felt oddly guilty on November 26, 2008. After fifty years of Thanksgiving Eve services, I was watching Santa get lit up. Santa, in this case, is the big Santa lighted display that hangs on the side of a bank building in downtown Fort Wayne. On Thanksgiving Eve, the city has lighting ceremonies for Santa, […]