I know I’m not perfect. Not by a long-shot. I’d survived the week but barely. I commonly tell people “as long as you’re winning, even if it’s a small win, you’re progressing.” But by the end of this week I…
Author: The Broken Mandolin
Today the signs of the times declare that we are standing on the threshold of great and solemn events. Everything is in agitation…. The present is a time of overwhelming interest to all living. Rulers and statesmen, men who occupy…
Goodie two shoes. Teacher’s pet. Brown-noser. Joy-kill. There are a lot of other phrases. I’ve been called some of them. They are not considered ‘positive’ descriptions of people. And I’ve heard the question “do we have to be ‘good’ all…
The lesson came with broken glasses. The drinking kind. It shouldn’t have mattered…glasses are glasses. But these were ‘special.’ Why? I guess I just liked them…all eight had survived years and spouses and moves and kids and animals and thousands…
One of the most influential persons in my life was a missionary with the last name of Gates…no the first name was not Bill. Pastor David Gates preached at our University/Church so many years ago I’m surprised I remember his…
I prefer to write of readings I’ve come across than of my own experiences. But this one bore sharing. Not because of what I did. But because of what I almost didn’t do. And let us not grow weary of…
Today I needed this reminder. The minutes, hours, days, weeks and months have just worn on me. I start each answer to ‘how have you been?’ with ‘I’m making it.’ Then this morning a blessed Scripture came to mind to…
That time when God puts you to the test. Now we all go through different seasons of life and we can likely identify times (days…months…years) where we felt God was handing us more than was our fair share. We love…
What would it take to “discover peace and find your joy?” Between ‘joy’ and ‘peace’ I cannot think of much else today that people want or need more of. Some mornings I do the random ‘flip to a section of…
I needed these words this week. Maybe you did, too. An excerpt from some of my favorite books, this one called “Tales of the Restoration” by David and Karen Mains ‘Listen to me,’ said the King again. ‘Though I have…