So Close, Yet So Far Away
Nothing beats a day of sharing fellowship with great friends, accompanied by the crack of the bat—the sound that is the heartbeat of baseball. For two weeks, I had looked forward to this outing. It was not disappointing. The 100-mile drive to Busch Stadium passed...
A Summer of Solicitude
The slow turning of a ceiling fan. Thin alabaster window shades sway in the breeze of an idle summer’s day. Beyond its gentle sway, I can see our garden blossoming like never before. And beyond that, a vast sea of sprouting corn that extends for miles in many...
Secret to a Peaceful Life
“I wish I was as peaceful as you are,” he said as he shook his head. “You don’t seem to get upset about much of anything. How do you do it?” I smiled as I considered what my friend had just said. Surely, you have got to be kidding, I thought. But I knew he wasn’t. Of...