Adapt and Move Forward
This week, I took my son to school for the first time since March. He bounced with energy when we … Continue reading Adapt and Move Forward
Tag: Life
Can We Get Along?
When you hear the name Rodney King, our minds swirl with memories of what took place in Los Angeles between … Continue reading Can We Get Along?
Stop Looking Backwards
My family and I are planning a trip to the old homestead of Shady Spring. We are wanting to go to my old home one last time before my grandmother moves and we sell the house.
It is going to be a weird experience. The home has memories of family gatherings, Christmas celebrations, and moments spent on the porch with my grandfather. Not to mention the fact that it is my last real connection to where I grew up.
I know that when we go down to the house, as I like to say, that I will do what I often do on our journeys to Shady Spring. I’ll make constant references to what was and what is not.
I’ll bemoan that Rick’s Friend Chicken has long been closed and that the building is in disarray.
I’ll get upset that the car wash is barely recognizable.
I’ll get frustrated with homes that were once pristine that are not a shell of that former beauty. Continue reading “Stop Looking Backwards”
What Do I Miss?
I love the first song in the second half of “Hamilton.” It is a hilarious song that transitions the show, and many of the cast members, into a new portion of the story of Alexander Hamilton and his work in the administration of President George Washington.
The song, called “What Did I Miss?,” introduces Thomas Jefferson to the story, but with some humor since it is played by the same actor who, in the first half, portrayed the Marquis de Lafayette. In the song, though, the conversation is in the past tense. It describes things that Jefferson has missed while he was in France and moves the story along past the Revolutionary War. To be honest, it is the celebratory dancing that make the song. If you don’t believe me, access Disney Plus and watch for yourself.
While the song may be sung in the past tense, I believe for many of us in the church we are living out the song. There are things we miss as we continue to exist in a socially distant expression of worship in response to the current pandemic. I hear these things expressed in conversation and, recently, as we have transitioned to a modified form of worship in our parking lot. We are missing the people, music, and worship as a body.
I can understand that. I feel each of those things in my soul. Continue reading “What Do I Miss?”
Would I Make the Same Decision?
A couple of Christmases ago, a staff member at a church I was serving gave me a decorative item. She knew it was something I would like and was excited to give it to me. It was a rectangle wooden block that was decorated with the image of a farm tractor, flowers, and other assorted items.
It was the words on the block, perhaps more than the actual painting, that she knew I would enjoy.
Country roads … take me home. Continue reading “Would I Make the Same Decision?”
