Memories I open the door to his room and look in. It’s now empty, featureless, except for the telltale pinholes and shadowed outlines where framed memories once hung. Read more
Endurance It’s the requisite line of nearly every adventure movie. “I’ll come back for you,” says the courageous hero. “I promise.” And, against all odds, he always does. We script our stories this way because we hate disappointment. We long for the assura... Read more
Misery I sit here in moribund misery. The valiant efforts of my body to repel an unwelcome viral intruder are greatly appreciated. Yet I am flopped unceremoniously in a chair. A pile of crumpled tissues mounts beside me, evidence of a fruitless effort to... Read more
Stupid I was out of my league and didn’t know it. Piloting a 50-foot monstrosity had mandated a written test and one cursory drive around the block. As a college-age taskforce volunteer I was full of imagined proficiency.So I felt no sense of impending d... Read more
Fear A life-changing choice comes to us daily — to avoid risk, or grasp opportunity. We must loosen our grip on self in order to reap the rich rewards of grace. Read more
Belief Lew Wallace was a lawyer, state senator, major general and governor. But the book he authored is not only what he is remembered for, it changed his life. Read more
Speechless It should have been a simple task, but approaching strangers has never been my strong point. So when I finally made the effort, and she turned in my direction, all intelligent thought abandoned ship.Now, such thought often abandons my ship at the ... Read more
Plans In a former life, I managed a Christian radio station with a musical format ranging from Ralph Carmichael to Michael Card. This agitated some saints who occasionally would send me laboriously handwritten letters, detailing the evils of any beat fo... Read more
