Athletes use a phrase to describe a phenomenon when it seems as though they can do no wrong; when all their shots are falling; when all their passes hit the receivers in the numbers; when all their pitches are strikes. They call it being “in the zone”. Athletes describe
I’m reading a book called “Everything happens for a reason and other lies I’ve loved”. The title alone is provocative enough but the rest of the book challenges the notion that God is this great cosmic conductor who orchestrates everything that happens both good and bad. The author (seminary
I’ve coached wrestling for many years. Advent reminds of the time I walked up to a wrestler lying on the bleachers before his match and said “It’s time for you to warm up, you have a match in a little bit.” The wrestler glanced up with a very sleepy
A number of years ago a popular show on TV was called “Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader”. The show pitted adults against 5th graders to see who could answer a variety of questions typically taught to kids during the early years of school. I watched a number
The last year of my dad’s life he called to congratulate me on something good that had happened for me. I wasn’t at my desk so he left a voicemail. Because he was pretty sick I could barely hear him, but I heard just enough to know that he
