A Wider View of a Small World

A Wider View of a Small World

This is from a few years back: Have you ever wondered how God looks at His handiwork on earth? If you have gazed at earth from the lofty viewpoint of an airplane, you noticed clouds far below you; trees and houses that looked doll-sized. Is this the way God sees us? I am convinced it is […]

A Place Called Home

A Place Called Home

  Houses can be bought and sold, but homes cannot.  Perhaps a home is no more than a few square feet of floor space but to someone, it may be home. Old houses, large houses, tiny houses and tumble-down houses have histories. As I pass them by,  I wonder if love lived within their walls. […]

The Prayer of Cyrus Brown

The Prayer of Cyrus Brown

  “The proper way for a man to pray,”     Said Deacon Lemuel Keyes, “And the only proper attitude     Is down upon his knees.” “No, I should say the way to pray,”     Said Rev. Doctor Wise, “Is standing straight with outstretched arms     And rapt and upturned eyes.” “Oh, no; no, no,” said Elder Slow,     “Such posture […]

Groundhogs and Weather

Groundhogs and Weather

It’s Groundhog Day. Punxatawney Phil didn’t see his shadow. So, according to tradition, this means an early spring. Is that an  accurate prediction? The answer remains a mystery. It’s fun to see what the folk in Punxatawney make of waking up Phil. It was snowing as a large group, known as the Inner Circle, in top […]

Be Like the Frog

Be Like the Frog

  We all need encouragement now and then. Wherever we are in life, everyone faces dilemmas and difficult choices. Some experiences are painful, plain and simple. The important thing is not to give up.  I hope you get a chuckle and maybe a lift out of this poem I found a few years ago. The […]

And So, There’s Nemo

And So, There’s Nemo

I let him out this morning to do his usual things. It was a rainy morning, more like spring than winter, but out he went to bravely face the elements. He trotted around the back yard, head up, abbreviated tail up, plume at the end of it held high. He was checking his small kingdom […]