Storms That Stop Us

The snowstorm hit Chicago on a Saturday, and many of the people stranded at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport didn’t get out of there until Tuesday. That scene was not unique for O’Hare, of course. I’ve sat in a plane on the runway for three hours...

Prayer That Waits

We were traveling a good distance and it took a couple of days. We needed to get there at a certain time, so we had a lot of drive-through meals, and therefore a lot of fast food. That means our eating decisions were pretty simple. We didn’t make them on the...

Heart Holes

I’m not sure if it’s harder for a baby to have major surgery or adults like us. Little Jamie? He was not even a year old, but he had to undergo heart surgery; which I associate kind of with older people. Jamie was the nephew of one of our team members, and...

Clouds Covering God

Let’s go see the meteor shower! Man, when it happens, it’s all over the news. It’s one of the few times astronomers make the front page. I mean, earth moves into this dust trail of a comet that passes through, and this thing happens about every 130...

The Animal Inside

Sometimes during pro football games, the camera focuses on a single player on the sidelines, the guy who just made that great play. And he’ll look at the camera and he’ll say those two words they almost always say, “Hi Mom!” See, it’s...