Tag: quote

To do or to be?

September 14, 2006 | No comments yet

Trouble figuring out what to do today? Rick Warren, popular Christian preacher of Saddleback Church in California said it well in a recent interview.   When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed

Is bigger better?

September 12, 2006 | No comments yet

I just read the article, “We are what we eat,” by William Saletan in The Washington Post National Weekly, (which I can’t find on the Internet) that says “…thanks to low-cost high-fat food, obesity has become a global condition.” He

Be a porter not a doormat

September 8, 2006 | 4 comments

Doormats come in different sizes, shapes and colors. Some are more durable than others. All are intended to welcome a visitor into the entrance of a dwelling. But woe is the fate of the entry mat, for visitors scuff their

Funeral notices

August 29, 2006 | 1 comment

Have you ever questioned the phrasing “called to the arms of the Lord” when it is written in obituaries? It troubles me when I read the words for they imply it is God’s will for a person to die, which

Don’t give up

August 22, 2006 | 1 comment

I’m vacationing with my family at our cabin in the Blue Mountains in Oregon State for a few days. My son and I have been splitting wood for burning in the woodstove this winter. Operating an axe is not one