Fruitful Detours
I am addicted to diet Coke. I drink several of them every day, and when I say several, I mean about six. Or maybe eight. I have one at breakfast, one or two at lunch, another one in the afternoon, and a couple at dinner. Maybe one at night if I’m watching TV. Maybe if […]
Every Spring, right around Easter time, the baseball season begins with its Opening Day. Like the preparatory season of Lent, the season is preceded by Spring Training. And like Easter, Opening Day brings new hope to baseball fans. “This could be the year!” I learned about prayer by watching — actually, mostly listening in those […]
I remember driving down our street with my Dad when I was young – I might have been 12 years old. We drove past the Smith’s house, and they had three Cadillacs in the driveway. I said, “It must be nice to be that rich.” Then Dad said, “The bank owns those cars.” My Dad […]
My niece Melissa is a wonderful singer, and is currently performing on the Carnival Elation in the Caribbean. As a good uncle, I had to book a cruise to see her onboard, and she was great. I can easily imagine her recording zillion-selling albums someday. While I was on the ship, I was captivated by […]
Around 20 years ago, I went to Guatemala to explore possible mission work there. While I was there, I was in a café when I heard a song playing that I really liked. I asked the waiter who was playing, and he answered me with what sounded like “Harvey Palo.” When I got home, I […]
I marched in the Chicago Pride Parade on June 26, 2022 with members from my church. It is always a colorful, loud, and fun event, and this year was no different. There were hundreds of thousands of people there to watch the parade, and hundreds more marching. Jesus believed in the sacred worth of every […]
There are few things in this world more valuable than freedom. Our country was built on the idea that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Freedom […]