Month: November 2024

Do you stay for the credits when you go to the movies? I did last night. They usually run for about five minutes rolling hundreds of names up the screen. Each time I watch, I am amazed at how many different people it takes to make a movie—and most of them are not actors. Movie…

Why would anyone drive from Florida to South Dakota to see an eye doctor? You might understand if Jesus was offering to spit in your eyes, but only if you came to see him in Siouxland. That was not the case with us. We went because we were already halfway there, we were planning to…

Blind guides. That’s what Jesus called the scribes and Pharisees, the teachers who had unquestioned authority over the spiritual lives of the Jewish people. I thought of this as I contemplated who has unquestioned authority over me. One who does is Jane, the disembodied voice of my GPS app. At least she did, but after…

There is something wrong with everything. I learned that again this past week when trading vehicles. We bought a new van a year ago but were extremely disappointed with the gas mileage. It seemed as if we were constantly on the lookout for a gas station and spending way too much time in line for…

My friend, Hal, is a noticer. I am not. For example, he and his wife traveled with us this weekend. As we checked into a hotel, he immediately noticed the desk clerk was wearing an unusual watch. I had not noticed anything about the clerk. Hal made a comment and the man’s face beamed (I…