May 20, 2012

A Parable

Once upon a time an eagle’s egg rolled out of a hole in the nest. It rolled gently down the mountain trail arriving safely in the farmyard below.  As it turned out a hen passing by saw it and assuming it was a chicken egg, rolled it to her nest where she proceeded to hatch it. [Read more...]

The Unforced Rhythms of Grace

Have you ever noticed the wind blowing through the trees or the waves lapping up on a sandy shoreline? There is a rhythm about them that is natural and calming to the soul.  The rhythm is something organic, not contrived by man.  It is unforced.  The natural, calming, unforced rhythm of blowing wind and [Read more...]

What I Learned from my 1993 Toyota Tercel

On Wednesday, May 11, 2011 my little car (a 1993 Toyota Tercel, pictured at left) threw a rod and blew an engine.  Now I know that some would be embarrassed to drive a vehicle as old as the Tercel, with it’s [Read more...]