There’s something about having to wait that challenges each of us, and the way we wait tends to be pretty revealing. Neil seems to wait patiently for elevators. Why not? We can’t make them come … Read More
White Hot Faith
Canon Jim Hobby prayed such a radical prayer on our recent clergy day. Referring to Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego facing the furnace to which obedience in Babylon took them, Jim prayed, “Lord, would you give … Read More
Supernatural Specs
Can those of you who are near-sighted like me recall the first time you ever put on a pair of prescription eyeglasses? I will never forget the shock of discovery, at age six, that the … Read More
What’s Your Empty Stable?
OK. A little glimpse of Lebhar family history. Neil’s fastidious mother and I were once working side by side in the kitchen of his childhood home. Neil was looking on. I was apparently being extra … Read More
Eavesdropping
This summer Neil and I had the decidedly unhappy task of admitting to ourselves that the shrubs to one side of our front door were dead and must be removed. A small team of people … Read More
Bike Riding…Bible Reading
We spilled into our last sabbatical tired and out of shape in every way, physically, emotionally and spiritually. “There are bikes in the shed,” they told us. “Help yourselves”. Hmmm. Maybe. One day we ventured … Read More