I don’t know about you, but when I go to the grocery or lumber yard I like to make a list. Strangely, I prefer to make my list on recycled paper with a pen. Last week, I scratched out a quick list to pick up after my lap swimming: dog food, coffee, creamer, cherries, shaving […]

A few months after my dad died, my brother John and I sat by the fire pit telling tales when John mused, “You know, I was thinking that one of those people who would bail you out of jail is now gone. There are not too many of those!.”  John’s words stirred my grief, so […]

Thirty years ago, I could not imagine I would fall in love with the United Methodist Church. The first time I visited Centenary UMC in Lexington, KY, I lined up a second “more theologically acceptable” church for us to visit later that morning. Connie, my spouse, had to employ some strategic guilt to get me […]

My friend Tom lives only a leisurely bicycle ride from the beach. Coming back from the community pool, Tom’s neighbor noticed a nice cooler sitting by the curb near Tom’s trash bins and asked why Tom was throwing it away? Tom said, “We are not throwing it out. It has waters for the guys on […]