Ed’s Incredible Journey
My friend Ed Wallan has more one-liners than Bob Hope. Suddenly, he’ll say with a straight face, “I want my…
Life’s Greatest Ironies
Ironies sometime cause me to smile. Like this sign at a mall maintenance shop. “We can repair anything. Please knock…
Three Letters From Teddy
As a kid, I preferred firecrackers to Math textbooks. So imagine the irony of me preparing to speak to 12,000…
Sophie’s Choice
Where to go when people drive you crazy One Sunday a small boy turned around in church, leaned toward my…
Awesome Rules
Do you have some rules? Here are some of our favorites A friend has this on his fridge: “Rule 1:…
Rebuilding My Greenhouse
What can we learn in the storms of life I learned about weather when I was a kid. About cold…
Simple Resolutions
My gratitude for answered prayer My New Year’s resolution last year was to eat an apple a day. So that…
The Rise of Pessimism
A psychologist had twin boys—one an optimist; the other a pessimist. On their birthday he loaded the pessimist’s room with…
The Gospel According to Peanuts
What you missed in Charlie Brown’s Christmas special One of the most profound books my pastor father ever brought home…