on the edge of ordinary

This was part of our presentation last time: my "hat story" describing briefly some of my roles. I need to figure out another cr...

On New Year's Day I pondered here about selecting a Scripture passage to ponder for this year (and especially committed to writing abou...

I like the calmness of break-time. Not having people going all directions is really nice (though less common as they get older and have th...

This morning, out of the blue, a friend asked, "Are you going to the JEMA prayer meeting?" "Yes," I said. "Where i...

It's quite common in Japan to go shopping via public transport or on your bike. What happens, therefore, when you buy something larger,...

Several weeks ago we looked at the Christmas break, a three-week holiday, and decided to include a big get-us-out-of-the-house outing after...

My New Year tradition is not to make resolutions, but to write here about what's foreseeable in the upcoming year. We have a lot ...