She walked up to me after a church service. “Can we talk,” she said. We stepped away from the crowd. “Can I have some toilet paper? We’re out at home.” She knew we had a closet with paper goods. We got it for a few cents a pound from a local non-profit that distributed paper […]

The other day I talked about reading the Bible together. I thought I’d offer some places to start. The immigrant.  Ask a group of four other people to read Ruth with you, meeting once a week for six weeks. Eat supper first. Talk about your week. Then read Ruth out loud. Talk about how her […]

She was out walking with her husband. It was an ordinary night. Actually, it was a kind of special night. It was garbage night. At some times in their lives, garbage night was a furniture shopping night. Dumpsters, garage sales, curbs, castoffs. Every room of the house has some reminder of these shopping trips. She […]

Paul does design work in the housing industry. Someone else works with customers who want cabinets. Those dreams and dimensions come to Paul. He takes spaces and figures out how cabinets will fit in them. A new guy is sitting with him these days. He’s learning how to do this work, too. Paul said, “Part […]

1. I’m sure that you are way ahead of me on this. I’ve talked elsewhere about my friend Becky’s 6 things to do list. At the end of the day, you make a list of six things that must get done the next day. Only six on the list, don’t need to be big, have […]