In my early twenties, chagrined by my messy house, I complained to my older friend, Phyllis: “I’m just so lazy, I never get anything done.” With a soft face and a twinkle in her eye, Phyllis said, “You’re not lazy, you’re just unmotivated.” “Unmotivated”—that was a different story. Lazy felt like the color of …
Author Archives: Karen
Loving, not Lenient
God is loving but not lenient. In our American culture, we seem to define love as leniency. In fact, the first synonym for lenient in my Webster’s New World Dictionary is loving. But then it goes on: soft, easygoing, permissive, mild, yielding, pampering, indulgent, among others. Peter Kreeft, the Catholic writer, says, “Love is the …
God of the Details
“Let’s see if they have a remote control receptacle.” Jerry and I were ready to check out at our local Farm and Fleet. He’d installed a block heater in our diesel Golf so it would start on cold winter mornings, but at 1,000 watts, the heater would run up our electric bill if it operated …