• I was looking through some old files yesterday and ran across some comics I had scanned years ago. This one always made me chuckle, not because of Linus, the persecuted prophet of the Peanuts world, but Snoopy, the resident theological watchdog. Truth be told, I thought both were in fine form here: Peanuts was created…

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  • I Dream of….

    I’ve been blessed over the past five years to live in a rather unconventional place in the suburbs of North Texas. A lake cabin first built in the 1950s with the massive size of 300 square feet, this house has grown and evolved over its nearly 60 years if life. It now has a bedroom,…

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  • Facing Reality

    ___________________________________________________ “I understand,” I told my friend Mark this afternoon. “And I’ve come to terms with it. Or at least I’m coming to terms with it.” The subject was my curved spine, a source of great discomfort of late. Mark is my chiropractor — a compassionate friend who stepped in 16 months ago when he…

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  • Is Hope a Good Thing?

    When a F5 tornado plowed its way through Joplin, Missouri, a few weeks back, thousands of people were left homeless. Hundreds were left hopeless. Hundreds more simply hung on to hope. Of the 50-thousand residents of Joplin, more than 150 went missing in the hours and days after the twister. Stories of horror emerged from…

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