It’s a good thing to have endings to things. I’ve been in meetings which seemed like they’d never end. Church meetings, business meetings, civic meetings, etc. — all can sometimes feel that way. Speaking of church meetings, I’ve heard prayers that the timing seemed to be designed for ...

The rhythm of life continues. The beat of the events of life goes on and on and on. It seems like the “beat” of Christmas was just here. I know I’m beat. Am I the only one who feels like it was just a very few months ago that we were putting all of the Christmas stuff back into the ...

Sometimes, when you know what you want for Christmas, you just need to tell people what it is that you want. The main thing I would like for Christmas this year (again) is “world peace.” I empathize with Andie MacDowell’s character Rita in the movie “Groundhog Day.” She always drinks ...

I’ve been thinking about deep water the past month or so — both literally and figuratively. The reason? I went through a time recently where I felt like “I was in over my head.” I’ll explain in a minute or two or five — depending on your reading speed. In thinking about this deep ...

I’ll tell you a little of what’s been happening lately. For one thing, December has happened. My sunny November suddenly turned into a December Eve last Sunday afternoon and bang! — it snowed a little and got cold — really cold. It got cold enough the past few days that the water ...

Lately I’ve wondered if I should consider making a subtitle for the name of this column. What would it be? Most likely it would be something like, “What I Heard in Church.” Of course, in a week preceding the Thanksgiving holiday, it’s highly likely I’m going to hear stuff from ...