Three Days in the Arena

The final horn sounded, the streamers fell from the ceiling, and the crowd spilled out of the arena and onto the street. As my son and I surveyed the situation and saw the wind, rain, and lightening, he said exactly what I was thinking: “Dad, we’d better run”. As we sprinted down the middle of [...]

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House Blend?

Coffee as an analogy for life? Some would suggest that coffee is life, and I would concur at times. For certain, life often begins each day after a first cup, but today I wish to ponder it before I drink it. As I prepared the first “nectar of life” carafe of the day yesterday, I [...]

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Thin Lizzie

Guess who just got back today? That wild eyed boy, who’d been away. The song is from the late seventies, early eighties, and the performing group was called Thin Lizzie. I have a friend who once went by the nickname Lizzie, and she’s kinda thin. She’s smallish, like a frog, like a play frog, only [...]

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Baby eagles; returning to nest

This summer has been hot; almost as hot as it has been busy. The family soared together for a quick vacation immediately after the school term ended, and then it seems as though the “Baby Bing Eagles” all took flight and fled the nest. Church camp, work camp, “Cage” camp, jobs, trips to friend’s, midnight [...]

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A whole new world

May 20. There was waiting. There was anticipation. There were tears. And life was different. Life was new. To quote the folks at Disney, it indeed is a whole new world. I can show you the world Shining, shimmering, splendid Tell me, princess, now when did You last let your heart decide? I can open [...]

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Word Up

What’s in a word, or a collection thereof? Word, Wordperfect, Wordle, WordPress; the list of programs and products devoted to sharing our words and thoughts could go on and on. John 1:1-9: In the beginning the Word already existed.       The Word was with God,       and the Word was God.   He existed in the beginning [...]

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Random walks in a purposeful marathon. Just keep singing.

I am preparing to participate in the upcoming OKC Memorial Half Marathon.  This will be a first for me.   I’ve gone from not exercising in years to participating in two 5k events during the past year, and my training has taken me up to about the 7 mile mark twice in the past two weeks. [...]

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An engineer, I am not…

Proverbs 22:6-7 Direct your children onto the right path,       and when they are older, they will not leave it. Just as the rich rule the poor,       so the borrower is servant to the lender. That works for math, among other things… I was lost in the middle of “the math” with my son the other [...]

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Two Worlds Collide:TMI

Day dreaming heads in the sand Day dreaming, gee, but its grand I’m in love with an ostrich All the neighbors complain, ya see But she loves me Can’t help it if you don’t understand it… Yes, it’s that famous chase scene song from Scooby Doo featuring The Creeper.   Who can forget him?   He followed those blasted kids [...]

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We are here to pump (clap) you up!

Hanz und Franz? No. Ralph and Gladys. “Ma and Pa”, to some. It was 1988, in West Germany. Yes, Germany was still divided into two countries, and Arnold had yet to ever consider politics. Even then, he still made for great comedic banter. Saturday Night Live made sport for years of men with “powerful muscles”, [...]

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