Monthly Archives: March 2013

What’s Better: The Treadmill or a Walk in the Park?

Treadmill.ParkNorma Jean and I like to walk.  It’s not only good exercise, but it’s a time for conversation and connection.  From our house we walk to a park close by and enjoy its beauty and serenity, the fountain and an occasional deer in the woods.

However, the Kansas City winters have severely limited our outdoor walking.  So, when it’s cold we walk indoors on the treadmill.  Now the treadmill is not as much fun.  There’s nothing to see. No scenery to enjoy.  Only a small TV in front of us to look at.  Sometimes we find ourselves in an almost trance-like state staring ahead and walking the treadmill.

All of this got me to thinking how life is like a cross between the treadmill and a walk in the park. Continue reading

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What is Whiter Than Snow?

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“As white as the driven snow,” wrote Shakespeare in A Winter’s Tale. In Macbeth the poet used the expression “pure as snow.”  Is there any better metaphor for whiteness than snow?

We witnessed this first hand recently in Kansas City, Missouri.  We’ve had snow.  Lots of it!  Over two feet.  Following the first snow, Norma Jean and I marveled one night on how light everything looked behind our house.  The snow was so white.  So bright.  So intense in color that it looked like day light!

But do you know what’s whiter than snow? Continue reading

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IT’S FRIDAY. BUT SUNDAY’S COMING! Faces Around the Cross: The Railing Robber

Cross.ThiefIt has been said that a man is made in a crisis.  I don’t think so.  Rather, I believe that a man is revealed in crisis.  Problems declare our demeanor.  Either kind or caustic.  Adversity unveils our underlying attitudes.  Either positive or negative.   Hardship displays our true character. Either honorable or disgraceful. Continue reading

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Filed under It's Friday. But Sunday's Coming!, Uncategorized