The new exchange. Oreos. Yep, at 31,162 feet, going 483 mph, with a red hat and headphones for a view and two steps to the latrine, Oreo Cookies have just become the new exchange. I have allergies to wheat, dairy and sugar. A quick glance at the label of my little four pack and it’s…
This morning I slid into the pew at church next to an elderly couple. The gentleman looked up at me as I sat down and I smiled and said, “do you want to snuggle?”
This is the season for Graduations. I often deliver commencement addresses for School Graduations, yet graduations happen for everything from school to dance to sports to scouting. Kids in elementary school are getting ready to leave a familiar building and faces to move to a bigger school and new friends. High School students are throwing…
The cafeteria is being remodeled at the Bangkok Orphanage. The kids are gathered in the courtyard, where we just serenaded them with song and play. One in our group, Jana Stanfield, can sing and the rest of us are simply stumbling choral backup dancers. Next is lunch, which is brought to them in baskets and…
To visit and orphanage takes you to places you don’t expect. It’s not the place you go to… the orphanage, the kids, the conditions, and the needs. It’s the places in your heart and your own conditions and needs that become opened and exposed.