Following a holiday is usually easy. Following Christmas we pick up package wrapping and ribbons. After New Years we sleep in to replace the lost sleep of New Years Eve. After the 4th of July, we shoot left-over fireworks. After Thanksgiving, we eat leftovers. But what does one do after Easter? We have celebrated the…
Yesterday was Easter Sunday, which means today is Easter Monday, which dates back more than 1,600 years, and is a public holiday in more than fifty predominantly Christian countries, In the United States, Easter Monday is not a holiday and there are few national observances apart from traditions such as the White House Easter egg roll. For…
Several years ago, I set a goal for weight loss, and I never reached it, but now that goal is in sight. In fact, as of this morning, I am within two pounds of reaching it and four pounds off reaching my “Hallelujah Goal.” What weight loss method am I using? Thanks for asking. First,…
Some of you are no doubt getting tired of all my updates on my wife’s condition, but I mostly write about life as it happens and this is what is happening in my world right now. One of my very best friends also writes about life, and last week, he wrote about his teenage years…
I have nearly four hundred friends who participate in a private Facebook group entitled, “Dr. Dan’s Bible Reading Group.” We read one chapter in the Bible each day and sometimes comment or share personal reflections. Every now and then, the chapter of the day includes a verse that speaks directly to a need or a…
A friend and fellow church member dropped by the hospital last week to assure Joanne that people were praying for her (Remember, she had a Pacemaker implanted and four days later, fell and broke her wrist in multiple places.) Her reply to him, concerning the prayer of others was, “Tell them it’s not working,” For…
Some weeks I get to the final minutes with no specific inspiration for a Monday Morning Manna subject. This has been such a week. On Tuesday, my wife had a Pacemaker implanted, but not until after challenges with Insurance, Blood Lab and the Surgical Center. The post- surgery days were also a bit challenging until Friday night when…
My wife was scheduled to have a Pacemaker implanted for her heart when I made an interesting observation, leading to a question and a warning. There were five entities with whom I was communicating in preparation for the procedure. Obviously, I had to communicate with the Surgeon’s Office. In addition, there was the office of…
I was sitting in my recliner with the footrest up, totally relaxed, watching the end of the evening news, when all of a sudden, the lights went off. The power was out. With the wind blowing outside, I knew that somewhere a limb had rubbed against a transformer and the neighborhood was without power. It…
In the great classroom of life, I make an “A” in anxiety. I worry well and if I do say so myself, I am rather good at it. I know the Bible says, “Be anxious for nothing , . . . “ but, one can’t live up to every verse, so I have to let…