At a party yesterday, I wasn’t paying attention to the overeating battle. Peanuts and chocolate chips sat on the games table as we played Phase Ten. The artichoke dip was hot and inviting. The onion potato chips were satisfying and I couldn’t remember the last time I’d had any kind of potato chip. So I …
Category Archives: Christian Devotional
Abundant Battles
Americans are accustomed to thinking of ourselves as blessed, but our blessings can also be our battles. Blessed yesterday to eat a lunch of fresh sweet corn from the local market, I ate one too many ears. Then, having made corn and bean salad with the leftovers, at dinner I ate too much again. I …
Missing the Beauty
Oh, I wanted to cut a stargazer lily, I thought. When I came in from my walk, I was distracted by the weeds. In the crushed granite path through our wild backyard, the pursulane was thick. I’d been distracted by pulling it and carefully laying it on the bricks so it would dry out and …