Our 16-year-old Schnauzer, Max, looked up at me from the veterinarian’s examination table. His once sparkling eyes were cloudy. That tongue that once flopped back and forth, cheek to cheek, was now listless. Where I once had to hold him tight on this examination table, so eager was he to jump down, he now rested …
The weather forecaster warned that this system would be a big one. “Remember the ice storm in Texas, February 2021, when freezing rain knocked out power for more than 4 million people for a week?” he asked rhetorically. “Well, this one could be worse,” and pointing his finger at the camera, “and it’s coming our …
The 4th-century pastor and Bishop, Gregory of Nyssa, expressed the difficulty of preaching at family members’ funerals. When eulogizing his brother, Basil the Great, Gregory noted the “burden” of honoring his life. Despite the personal strain, he viewed his oration as “good medicine” for the grieving. In addition to pointing people to Jesus Christ at a …
If we aren’t intentional, we’ll let the fear of the destination ruin the joy of the journey. We miss out on the wonderful life stretching before us. I was taking Max, our Schnauzer, to Judy, a friend who keeps him when we are gone. Max is old now. His twin brother, Baylor, died several years …
My great-grandfather, Reverend A.F. Whitlock, a retired Baptist minister, would dress in a white shirt and tie well into his nineties. “I never know when I may be needed, he would say. Great-Grandad loved the Bible. “As many times as I’ve read it,” he said to me more than once, “I always find something new …