Opinion

My Nickel’s

My Nickel’s Worth

Thu, 05/28/2020 - 12:00am

I have heard my mom say many times that we should always make every day magical. I just thought that sounded like a fairytale thing, and I didn’t pay much attention until the other day. I was talking to my friend from college, and he was discussing how he had to come home from middle school and high school and do hours of chores and start dinner with his brother and sister. He said his mom didn’t believe in making a fuss over holidays or birthdays. She was no-nonsense and a very practical person. It was at that moment I began to realize just how magical my life had been.

Cruising

Cruising

Thu, 05/28/2020 - 12:00am

Different people have different ways to decompress and just unwind after a long hard day or week. One way is not necessarily better than the other. Nowadays for me, I enjoy a good cup of coffee and playing games online with the friends I have made over the years or just watching a good movie - with my wife on one side and my dog on the other side.

In the Grip of Fear, In the Hand of God

In the Grip of Fear, In the Hand of God

Thu, 05/21/2020 - 12:00am

In this moment, the world is spinning along its usual path in a universe so gigantic that we can’t even really conceive of its magnificence. Earth is just one small dot on a grid of millions of heavenly bodies of different kinds. Yet, here we are, special creation, made in the image of God, bent under the weight of incredible sin, grieving over wars that are raging as I write, powerless to control what cannot be controlled. Worried. Terrified. Wondering how it all turns out okay in the end.

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