Paul Merrill writes here the first Friday of each month. However, at the moment, he’s in the middle of a daughter getting married, two sons graduating with master’s degrees, and a son-in-law-to-be graduating from college. So I offered to run one of his past posts. This one was first published July 2020. It’s good to […]

Jon sometimes writes about suffering, since it’s part of his day job – often helping people face the loss of health or even life at a hospital. Here are a few thoughts about a different kind of suffering – the kind of suffering that comes from dealing with the loss of family members and any […]

“Hold it, Master God! Look at me. I don’t know anything. I’m only a boy!” (Jeremiah 1:6) “I am not made for perilous quests,” cried Frodo. (The Fellowship of the Ring) ‘But Moses pleaded with the Lord, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though […]

I have a really old pair of shoes. I keep them by our front door and only wear them to take the trash out. The stitching has worn out in several places. The soles are maybe the third set I had put on. I eventually decided to stop repairing them, since they still work perfectly […]

This was originally posted on May 4, 2018. In light of the latest pandemic outbreak, Paul thought this was appropriate. Our Apple modem went orange. Again. (Its little light is green when everything’s working right.) That happens every month or two. Something inside its little brain is not happy, and it tells us so. If […]