When something difficult comes into my life unaware, I understand that it could be God wanting to do a work in my heart that He can only do using that predicament. Sometimes, I wonder why I don't "get it". Why … (read more)

A few years ago, as Clerk of Session, I received an early Sunday morning phone call. The elderly, visiting minister didn't want to travel that morning, because a heavy snowfall was predicted. I tried to get help with various parts … (read more)

During the month of May, a friend helped me change the size and shape of a flowerbed. Part of the bed's original beauty was a rock garden. Each time we removed a rock embedded in the soil, another rock seemed … (read more)