Overheard

                                                                              
Two long-time church members watch the praise team take their places in the front of the sanctuary.
She asks, ”Do you think, before I die, they’ll put things back the way they was?”
LONG PAUSE.   He shrugs.    “It’s change.   It’s everywhere.”
She says, with an air of entitlement,”I’ve been here all my life, and now I don’t know anybody here.”
He [...]

To the Ends of the Earth

 
For those of us who are most blessed, there are people for whom we would go to the ends of the earth without a second thought.   On the list would be our children, at least.   Some of us would name our lifetime’s 2 or 3 closest friends.   Spouses might be on the list, but I [...]