Goofy Dad Stories (7) – The Cursed Car Top Carrier It all started with a family vacation, driving from Northern Virginia to Rockford, Illinois. We packed our car top carrier full of suitcases, loaded up the station wagon, and the six of us headed for the Great Midwest. I bungee’d that carrier to the roof …
Goofy Dad Stories (6) – Woodleft! I do realize that I can be a man of few words. Which sometimes is not enough. One of my first clues was in Newburyport, Mass., right after the Larson family had moved into a 150 year old half-house on Boardman Street. This was in the early 1980’s, and …
Goofy Dad Stories (5) – The Bat Man There I was, minding my own business, innocently lying in bed late at night, window open, sweating because of the mid-summer heat in our bedroom that didn’t have air-conditioning. This is in our Newburyport, Mass. home, stacked right next to our neighbor, not more that 10 feet …
Goofy Dad Stories (4) – Two Unfortunate Dates I had two dates with young ladies that turned into a real mess. Literally. Date #1 – I was in the 9th grade, and I liked this one particular girl, so I asked her to go for a walk, a nice innocent walk. There wasn’t much going …
Goofy Dad Stories (3) – The Finger in the Door A few years ago at a little K-8 school in Arlington, Virginia, called Rivendell School, I was performing my usual role at 3:00 p.m. I was safely conducting students into waiting cars and the welcoming embraces of expectant parents and drivers. I had fully realized …
Goofy Dad Stories (2) – LOL All right, I ask you this… Who gave permission to some Master of the English Language to arbitrarily change the meaning of a long-held acronym? Did some textual linguist just die and go to heaven and change what LOL means? Who gave this person the right to do that? …
Goofy Dad Stories (1) – Coffee and Creamers. Once upon a time, when I was a busy and distracted educator, I stopped quickly at the local 7-11 on the way to school. The time was 7:00 a.m., the place, Falls Church, Virginia, the educator, preoccupied. After all, I had grade reports to write, curriculum to …
Songs of Refuge (3) – Meditations in the Psalms. 62:5-8 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. …
Songs of Refuge (2) – Meditations in the Psalms. 32:7,10 You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him. 33:20-22 We wait in hope for the Lord; …
Songs of Refuge (1) – Meditations in the Psalms. 3:1 You are a shield around me, O Lord, my Glorious One, who lifts up my head. 4:8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. 5:11-12 Let all who take refuge in you be glad, …
Songs of Refuge in the Psalms – Introduction “Blessed are all who take refuge in the Lord.” (Psalm 2:12) There are four things needed to survive in the world: food, water, clothing and shelter. Without them, we wouldn’t make it. And as it happens these four items are great metaphors for survival in the spiritual …
The Helping Style of the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit, the giver of life, the ultimate helper, has a certain style. The Holy Spirit is that Person of wisdom and power mutually shared by the Father and the Son. The prophet Isaiah hinted at this style in 11:2-3: “The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on …