Archive

A green-patterned paper crane on a stringBrowse the blog posts going back to 2014 – and we also have a Watchwords archive.

  • Are You Immortal? (2/12/2014) - Ancient mythology suggests that the way to conquer death, and thus become immortal, is by becoming an Olympian.  Is that true? Here we are in the season of the 2014 Winter Olympics.  We are told that a Gold Medal is a “life changer” and worth a lot of money.  The... Continue reading
  • Hidden In A Garage – A True Story (2/7/2014) - Fourteen years ago this past December, my wife and I returned from Christmas shopping to find 17 messages on our answering machine. The last one, time stamped 30 minutes before, stated: “We are coming and pray that you will be home when we get there.” Our daughter, son-in-law and two... Continue reading
  • A Man’s Reach Should Exceed His Grasp (1/31/2014) - Chicago.  A week before Christmas, some years ago.  It is cold!  Snow on the streets and sidewalks.  And I heard the voice of God say to me:  “Help him!”  I looked, there was no one there.  Then I heard the Voice again, and I looked again and there, lying in... Continue reading
  • How Do You Like the New Year? (1/26/2014) - How do you like the new year so far? And those resolutions…what happened to those? Keeping them? Ah, good. Really? Well sort of. Okay. Frankly, there are times when I would like a do-over! You know, start this year over, get it started right without all this “stuff”. You know... Continue reading