Our Greatest Gift

Forgive me while I brag a little. Our granddaughter, Emma Elizabeth Price, is a softball player. A very good softball player. She is now a sophomore pitcher for her high school, Christ Presbyterian Academy. Emma was the high school team’s starting pitcher as an eighth grader and as a Freshman. Both seasons, she made the All District Team…

When Sporting Events are More

It’s now into the second week of our activity reduction due to the Coronavirus that is spreading rapidly.  Diane and I are semi self quarantined in our home.  Our schedules have been emptied primarily due to the cancellations of sporting events that we anticipated would take up so much of our time this spring.  Emma’s softball…

A Life Changing Baloney Sandwich

You will probably find it strange that I mark the time I first read about baloney sandwiches as the  beginning of my true spiritual journey. Yes, I was raised in a Christian home with strong influences of my grandparents and my mother around me. I was baptized before I think I really knew what I was doing. I had been…

Letting Go

There are a lot of things that we have…things that are entrusted to us and our care, that we cannot keep forever.  Things that are difficult to give up when the time comes. Sometimes the giving up is all at once; sometimes it comes in stages. No giving up is more difficult than letting go of relationships…

Pay Attention

When you’ve been married as long as Diane and I have (47 years and counting) you get to know each other pretty well.  And, when you get as old as we are…excuse me…as I am, you probably spend a lot more time together than ever before.  The things we communicate to…