Throughout my childhood, we had pets—mostly one at a time, except for a cat or two to complement the German Shepherd. More than once I experienced bidding a pet adieu. The first was my cat, Cleo (short for Cleopatra—not sure why). I’m a bit foggy on the details about how…
I really didn’t intend to get up. Hitting the sack at 10:30 meant 3:00 was a mere 4 ½ hours away. Too short of a night, in my book. After all, last week I had written about the need for stewardship of the “temple,” and I know my “temple” doesn’t…
I served for two years on the staff of a church that held an annual “Stewardship Month” in February. Many churches do such a thing, I know. Some will call the emphasis by different names—“Capital Campaign”—for example. But the emphasis is pretty much the same. Money. Your “Treasure.” Typically, in…
Like many people this time of year, I got to looking at the calendar and compared how much time is left in the year with how much “vacation time” I have available. More than I’ll use, it seems, but thought I should make a stab at it! I did feel…
