A Turtle Christmas
Christmas Eve of the worst Christmas. It was only right that I would be in the Detroit Kmart store that night. We had a tank of turtles to feed. The season had been too busy to realize we had run out of their food and as I closed up the corps building I felt guilty. … Read more
Unseen things below
These are days I am less interested in the old gospel song’s ‘unseen things above’. Why tell the story of that which once was, of that which is unseen and not on this earth. The old song is sweet, but are we making a mistake? Thinking that Jesus and his love is to be associated only with things unseen … Read more
back in the hood
Our time in Kansas ended this morning. Early on the road back to Chicago. Across state highways, then north on Interstate 44 through Missouri. Lunch stop in St Louis at Benton Park Coffee on Arsenal near the Temple Corps. It’s a great place for coffee. Really great coffee. One of those remarkable places where it’s fresh roasted and always fresh brewed. … Read more
Blue Suits, Red Shields
Recently I looked at the archived Tuesday evening program from Central Bible Leadership Institute 2011 featuring Michael Collins, our friend from Canada. Michael electrified us this summer at Camp Wonderland with a message on how the Salvation Army is called into mission to go out into the world. Giving the good word, doing the most good. Michael shared the story of one … Read more
