“I wonder what would happen if we had a deep conversation . . .” The comment catches me off guard because we’re really just casual friends.  What kind of deep conversation, I wonder.  I never find out because it never comes up again.  Maybe they were never meant to be more than just casual words…

(Proverbs 30:18-19, Philippians 4:8-9) Who is moved to tears in the book of Proverbs? I would have guessed not a soul, except that my tears are flowing. The good kind. In all fairness, I haven’t been even remotely moved to tears until this second-to-last chapter. Specifically, just two verses. Whose beauty is astounding. The first…

A picture really is worth at least a thousand words . . . A calendar hangs on the door knob of the closet beside my “Quiet Time” chair. This month’s picture is a painting of a garden gate. I considered describing the painting but, well, the whole thousand word thing . . . So much…