Okay. Time to throw cancer out out the back door of my mind. Jerry is done with radiation. I won’t pick him up from the cancer center this afternoon. Surely, that door will just slam shut. Denial is my friend. It’s my friend because it’s unconscious. I don’t even know I’m doing it. I just …
Category Archives: Fatherhood of God
The Backpack-carrying God
On my morning walk, I noticed a mom holding the hands of her two early elementary age children, on the other side of the busy brick street. When traffic cleared, she let go and they ran across, jostling oversized backpacks. On their way to school, I assumed, the children trudged in front of me up …
Promise Keeper God
Spring is compressed in central Illinois this year. Usually the redbud, dogwood, and crab tree blooms are separated by a week or two. This year, however, everything is blooming together. In the backyard, the weeping cherry waves its pink blossoms. On my morning walks, I stop to smell the viburnums at the library. Last night, …