I know, I know, you’re all sick of chicken stories but I just have to write this. It seems only fair. I went out to the chicken coop on Friday morning, as bright and beautiful a day we’ve had in … Continue reading →

“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.” – Blaise Pascal So there I was, the leg of my jeans flapping crazily in the wind around my shoe, … Continue reading →

My father taught me about loss by leaving. From that experience, I took away stilted truths about trust and dependence, that I unlearned only after decades of mistakes and emotional disasters. I have drained many a beer discussing with my … Continue reading →

Some days it’s the simple things that mean the most. It’s how we can get caught up listening to a bird singing or watching a rabbit in our back yard and suddenly forget everything else. So it was with me … Continue reading →

“God called the dry ground ‘land,’ and the gathered waters he called ‘seas.’ And God saw that it was good.” Genesis 1:10 My wife and I are both beach people. Given a choice of vacation spots we pick the sea … Continue reading →