Robert Frost wrote of two roads diverging in a yellow wood. His famous poem “The Road Not Taken” speaks to choices we all face. Jesus addressed the same issue, telling of a broad way and a narrow way. The narrow road leads to life, He said, “and
Look closely at this photograph. Exactly in the center, just to the right of the tree. See it? I’m not a smiley-face kind of person, but this one caught me by surprise one snowy morning last week. In the middle of my work on a novel set
My expectant daughter-in-law, Kelli, asked me to go with her to her ultrasound appointment this week. The baby is Kelli’s first and will make an appearance in July. Grandchild number four! I knew what to expect. Ultrasound scoped out my daughter, now all grown up, so it
This morning I heard new songs at the Riverwalk. Not the stalwart red-winged blackbird that faithfully sings through the winter, but a new lilting refrain, fresh and clear. The river sang a different tune as well, popping and creaking at its ice-rimmed edges. In chorus, they sounded