Category Archives: Humor Turned to Insight

Time to Take Your Shoes Off, Part 1

I never really paid much attention to dealing with my shoes until I began having hips and knees replaced. In going through the process of six total joint replacement surgeries, my feet seemed to move south on me like retiring … Continue reading

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Restoring Unity, Part 2 ~ Undeterred Resolve in Unprecedented Times

To say the very least, things have changed in our country since we began this series last week, and if you haven’t already trashed most of your definitions of “normal” in reference to political cycles, you might want to go … Continue reading

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Exploring God’s Toolbox

As most folks who know me are aware, much of the early years of my life were spent on our little family farm in south-central Virginia. And one of the enduring effects of those years is 

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In Search of “Higher” Education, Part 4 ~ Learning to Do … Doing to Learn

Well, I didn’t intend to extend this series this far, but God’s focus on the process of teaching and learning is something I find compelling, and I didn’t want to leave it without 

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In Search of Higher Education, Part 2 ~ A Memory Test We’re Failing

In planning this series that we began last week, it hadn’t occurred to me that Memorial Day would be arriving just as we’re getting underway, but it 

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Dealing with Uncertain Certainties, Part 1 ~ Adjusting Expectations

I’ve been working on balance issues lately. After six total joint replacements and some related complications, a few body parts have 

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