Both feature an arena of engagement, skilled opponents, and a win-or-lose outcome. There are more people watching, listening to, and reading about these contests than participating, and both sides employ layers of strategy. Money flows, mistakes are made, tables turn, standout participants are remembered, and the supporting cast forgotten. Each results in the making or […]
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Four observations about the faith of Abraham.
Many Bible characters are known by a significant trait or experience. Samson was strong. Moses recorded the Ten Commandments. David defeated Goliath, Job suffered, Jonah ran, Thomas doubted, and Peter walked on water. Abraham’s distinction, however, was his faith. If you search the Internet for ‘Heroes of the Faith’ you’ll find Abraham near the top of […]
The personal surveyor.
A nearby city is replacing its sewer mains. They’re excavating entire roadways by employing all the backhoes, bulldozers, bucket loaders, dump trucks and cranes you can squeeze into a residential neighborhood. Between the deep chasms and lumbering vehicles, it’s quite the event. Yet, despite all the screeching, scraping, thumping, and rumbling about, what caught my […]
In a canoe on a river
Canoeing with friends is a relational sport. You drift along, enjoying the scenery and conversing at length with no pressure to beat the traffic or make your next meeting. We spent two summer vacations canoeing the Colorado River through Canyonlands National Park. There were entire days of gazing up at the soaring orange canyon […]
What work isn’t.
When I was nine, my father built a giant sieve to separate stones from the soil. He wanted a lawn back where the yard was still piles of rubble from a construction project. At dinner that night he asked me to help him shovel one of the piles through the sieve. At nine, my idea […]
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