Do you have anything in your life that you want victory over? Be it sin, temptation, bitterness, anger, selfishness, addiction, inability to forgive? Well then, this story is for you. Continue reading
On a park bench she sat looking
At the trees that lined the hill
Trying hard to find the words
When she knows she never will
So she watched the sad leaves shimmer
All innocent and shy
As she caught the golden sunset
In the corner of her eye
And I sat there with her wondering
Though she did not know my name
If she could see me smiling
And love me just the same
And I thought I saw a glimmer
Of all the years gone by
As I caught the golden sunset
In the corner of her eye
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One of our newest subscribers to the Catch, Bettina Rogers (mother of the other Chandler — the philosopher), wrote in her comment yesterday:
Right now we’re on our way to LAX, flying out to Japan for my husband’s very last flight before retiring from American Airlines. His pilot career there has spanned 37 years. I will also be working the flight … 35 years as a flight attendant. Friday we will be pulling in and saying our very last set of goodbyes to our passengers together at the deplaning door. Bittersweet … a day of joy, gratitude, emotion, and love. God is so great!
I like this for the passion with which these people have treated their jobs. Would that we all had this kind of commitment; that we would be so sad to see that last day come. Continue reading
I am a man of a few pleasures. I once wrote a song “Simple Pleasures” that outlined some of the simple things I enjoyed in life. One of them I hadn’t realized until lately when it occurred to me how much I love receiving the morning newspaper. Continue reading
Two stories from yesterday’s Catch communicate the essence of the message better than anything I could ever say.
My wife and I felt compelled for far too long to try to be sure our son knew we loved him yet couldn’t condone his being gay (or rather any expression of such – but that was very hard for him to separate out). He heard and felt this as entirely unloving and un-accepting of him as a person. Continue reading
When you love someone you embrace the whole person.
I don’t think we’re done with this “love the sinner; hate the sin” thing. Friday we got it down to “Love the sinner,” but now I‘m realizing that’s not far enough. Continue reading
Guess who.
“I am who I am because somebody loved me.” – Cornel West
I’m having trouble with the “love the sinner; hate the sin” thing for a number of reasons.
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Baltimore Orioles: 8. Chicago White Sox: 2. Paid Attendance: 0.
It was an eerie scene in Baltimore’s Camden Yards yesterday when, except for a few reporters and three scouts, an official major league baseball game (it counted) was played in an empty stadium. Continue reading
How we think about and treat others is a sure sign of whether or not we understand the grace of God.
Grace is undeserved favor. Good things bestowed upon those who don’t deserve it. It’s wonderful to receive, but very difficult to give out. A good sign of whether or not we have received God’s grace in our lives is whether or not we can give it out to others, especially those we don’t like. Continue reading
It’s still life
But not as still as it once seemed
It’s still life
And I never would have dreamed
That the answer would have so many questions
He’s the same
And it’s still life
Life is complicated.
There are no answers to life; there is only one answer.
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