It’s that wonderful time of year when sandals come out and toe nails get dressed up in nail polish.
As a “word person,” I will not buy a nail polish unless I like it’s name – the word that describes the color. Right now, I’ve got on a bright Twinkled Pink. When I’m feeling sassy, I’ll [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Promiscuous Polish
Posted in Margin Call, Ministry, tagged I Peter 3:3-4 on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Margin Call: For the love of money
Posted in Margin Call on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Debit cards, automatic deposits and electronic transfers can make money seem less like a tangible thing and more like a concept.Like love or time travel, it’s somewhere out there, just out of reach.Then, on the first cool day of fall, you reach for your jacket, put your hand in the pocket and you’ve found it. [...]
Party like it’s 1987 and the Dow is 1,900
Posted in Margin Call on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The strangest things can blow into your yard. Last week, an old newspaper showed up against the fence. Before wadding it up and throwing it in the trash, I glanced to see if it was some of my finest work.This paper predated my time at the News-Press. It was the afternoon edition from Dec. 31, [...]
The long haul
Posted in Ministry, tagged Galations 6:9 on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I stood at the sink washing dishes when the suspicious sound of metal striking metal rang out through the quiet countryside.
I shook the suds off my hands and went to look out the window to the back yard. Dad swung the sledge hammer in the air and brought it down on a wedge stuck in [...]
Margin Call: Cruisin’ for a grocery store
Posted in Margin Call on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Take a mental cruise down the Belt Highway.How many restaurants do you pass? I don’t know the exact number, but it’s somewhere in the ballpark of a bunch.
Then consider how many grocery stores you pass. Significantly fewer, certainly less than 10.
Much has been made about the surge of restaurants, with people arguing that the city [...]
Margin Call: Where, oh where, did that stimulus go?
Posted in Margin Call on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to whatever system assigns Social Security numbers, I’ve already got my economic stimulus check. I’ll give credit to the hospital where I was born for making the last two digits of my number so small. Through the ease of direct deposit, there was a $600 gift sitting in my account Wednesday.It’s great. It’s wonderful.
But [...]
Perfect(ed) Vision
Posted in Ministry, Uncategorized, tagged Ephesians 1:18 on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was raining when I came home for lunch. After soup and a sandwich, I hopped in the car and headed back to work.
However, it seemed to be raining harder than I realized because I could hardly see. I turned the windshield wipers on high. That didn’t help much, so I figured it must be [...]
