Endless Potential
What do you see when you see a child? I’ll be honest; I do look at my children and also the most perfect grandchild ever, Atticus, differently than I do others. (Yes, that gorgeous child in the photo is our grandson.) However, I also often have the opportunity to see some of the 50+ children [...]
Jesus is coming…look busy.
Waiting, Part II. I recently penned an article about waiting in line (which you can see here http://www.bidwellriverside.org/standing-in-line/ if you are really bored). It is, of course, about waiting in line and how much I hate it. Just when I thought no one else could possibly hate waiting as much as I do, I was [...]
Bells and Stars
Disclaimer: Yes, I am aware that Christmas is a time to reflect on Christ’s birth and yes, I know it is not MY birthday, but…. I want to talk about indulgence. And not the Catholic kind (google it). Indulgence as in things that we don’t (or shouldn’t) typically have, but when we do it is [...]
Sink or Swim
Imagine you are responding to a ship that has sunk. You arrive on the scene and there are many people bobbing in the water (think the sinking scene in the film Titanic). Your boat is filled with life preservers, in fact you have a nearly an endless supply of life preservers. How do you respond? [...]
Horton (Bidwell) Hears a Who (Person in Need)
Horton Hears a Who is a classic Dr. Seuss tale that tells the story of Horton the Elephant. Horton, while splashing in a pool, hears a small speck of dust talking to him. It turns out the speck of dust is actually a tiny planet, home to a city called Whoville, inhabited by microscopic-sized inhabitants [...]
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