Since I am a morning person, it is really hard for me to stay under the covers and enjoy breakfast in bed. I like to get up before dawn, sit in my big zebra chair by the fireplace where I can see the dawn arrive from my front door. In the spring and summer, I sit under…
‘We Want You to Succeed…’
The smiles were broad. The faces beaming. Four living presidents and one president-elect gathered at the White House for luncheon yesterday. “One message that I have and I think we all share is that we want you to succeed. Whether we’re Democrat or Republican we care deeply about this country. All of us who have…
‘Seven Pounds’… Over Weighted
Seven reasons I hated the movie “Seven Pounds”… and one reason I liked it.
Black-Eyed Peas
Black-eyed peas are a Texas tradition on New Year’s Day. We ate ours yesterday at a little Texas, home-cooking cafe called Jake and Dorothy’s. This Mom and Pop place gained national attention in the Texas Monthly Magazine for their wonderful food last December. And by the way, that plate also has boiled cabbage and chicken-fried steak on…
‘Painter of Light’–Thomas Kinkade
This post is not going to be what you think… I am not a fan. Self proclaimed “painter of light,” Thomas Kinkade’s art is splashed everywhere in American society. I was especially surprised to read that Kinkade is very popular with evangelic Christians. Somehow Kincade has learned how to tap the market. It is said that there…
Something New…
Announcing a new photoblog– “echogram.” It is a collaboration with a good friend, Mary Jo… Mary Jo has served the pastoral staff of a large church as the Associate Pastor of Prayer & Intercession since 2004. She and her husband have two married daughters that have blessed them with four grandchildren. I have served as a missionary for…
To Touch a Life
This German sister, from the Evangelical Sisters of Mary located in Darmstadt, Germany, deeply touched my life this year. I met her at the Toward Jerusalem Council II summit meeting in Germany last fall. There were about 100 people there from around the world to pray for reconcilation between the Church and the Jewish people. On the…
haiku: little girl
no shoes to tie or hair to untangle, but the little girl lingers
Bonnie Saul Wilks 