A character in The Truth Teller by Angel Hunt is pretty disgusted with the state of the human race. He says: “… By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has created an abyss of boredom and stupidity that only the privileged classes in earlier civilizations ever plumbed. The average blue-collar worker has… Read More
The Klein uncles always made things fun
I love to play games—cards, board games, word games, volleyball, badminton, ping pong, croquet, shuffle board … I rarely turn down an invitation to play and am often the one doing the inviting. Let’s start with shuffle board which is usually considered an old person’s game. In my life, it was a picnic or vacation… Read More
Where have our lives gone?
Sometimes it’s the half-asleep conversations that nail the subject right on the old nosey. Him: “I’m going to be 63 in a few weeks.” Her: “I know. Where have our lives gone?” Him: “Into all of those people [our family] who were in our house yesterday.” I married a poet.
Sometimes worship resembles a pep rally
What does praise look like? I think it has many different faces, sounds, moods. No matter what style, praise always comes first. Praising first in any situation helps us to focus on the one who is in charge, who has the strength to overcome, and who loves us and shares his strength with us. Many times… Read More
Do you get along with your coach?
It’s happening again—the game of musical chairs among football coaches. I live on the periphery of this world (translated: don’t really give a rip but hear the constant discussion due to others’ interest). Have you been listening? Do you hear a strong similarity between this dialogue and the political discussions leading up to the November… Read More
What if an angel visited me?
Although I wrote this in December of 1995, I am still asking myself the same questions. My answers are not always the same, but the questions are. We will soon celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior. What questions do you ask yourself? If an Angel Appeared to me, … Read More
Tears falling on the pages of our lives
I read Madeline l’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. But it’s only recently that I have read any of her non-fiction works and discovered a wise, loving, open-minded, strong woman of faith. Although she died in 2007, she has recently become a mentor to me. As a child of… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 