Signs of the Season
Over the past week, our home has gone through a transformation. Let’s just say, “It’s beginning to look like Christmas…” The green ivy over the window has been replaced with…
Category: 2014
Ready For This?
Over the past few days, I’ve heard folks lamenting, “I’m not ready for winter.” Yep, things are changing from the balmy days of summer, through the crispness of fall, and…
Coloring Between the Lines
I first published the following article shortly after starting Lambchow. It’s about something Asher, my oldest grandson, said. At that time, Asher was in preschool. Now he is a ninth…
Lost Sheep
During my youth, we raised sheep for 4-H and FFA projects. One night, very earlier in my sheep raising career, we received a phone call from a neighbor. He had…
Our Part: Knowledge
My grandkids had a very common toy. It was a set of cubes that were hollow and had an open side with each cube being a bit smaller than the…
Escape!
As kids, we all had our hiding places. The places we could go when we knew we were in trouble, or after we fought with our brother or sister, or…
Conflict:Peace vs. Control
What is it about humanity that desires peace and longs for conflict? We want our lives to be as peaceful as a mountain lake on a still day; perfectly reflecting…
Our Just Deserves
Every couple of weeks I receive an envelope inside is a pay stub. A worthless piece of paper. I can’t take it to the bank and cash it. But it…
A House of Prayer
The first event after the hosannas of Jesus entering Jerusalem was the cleansing of the temple. Mark records it this way – “Then they came to Jerusalem. And He entered…
The Overlooked Sermon
There is a sermon in the Gospel’s that is often overlooked because it’s not red letter. The sermon begins. “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the…
Lost Sheep
During my youth, we raised sheep for 4-H and FFA projects. One night, very earlier in my sheep raising career, we received a phone call from a neighbor. He had…
When God Says No
One day when Michael was around 4 and Rebekah was about 6 it snowed. This particular storm left cars, trees, and lawn beautifully covered in 2-3 inches of fluffy white.…