Thanksgiving….A good time to ask myself, what am I thankful for? Even better, whom should I thank on this 4th Thursday in November? Often it looks like it’s a person who deserves our thanks.  Sometimes we think circumstance gets the credit.  Yet ultimately, everything we have is a gift from God.  Even who we are … Read more
- Albrecht Durer’s Praying Hands – Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this mob, the father and head of the household, goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade … Read more
“What do you remember most about your mom?” I asked. “The way she did the dishes,” she replied. “”She used a wash rag, not a sponge. She took her time doing them like she was giving us a bath.” I was in a card store trying to find a card for my wife. I don’t … Read more