“What Dreams Are You Fielding?”

Some Things Never Change

Twenty-five years later, I reacted the same way.

To mark its 25^th anniversary, my wife and I watched “Field of Dreams” on Turner Classic Movies. At the end, Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) recognizes that one of the ball players who shows up from the past is his father as a young man. Ray introduces his dad to his wife and daughter, then asks him to play catch.

As father and son throw the baseball on the field of dreams, the impact hit me just as hard as it did in the theater in 1989.

"When You’ve Lost Everything”

Difficult Questions

Have you ever lost everything?

Major setbacks can make us feel like we’ve lost it all. I find the more I dwell on what was taken away, the easier it is to overlook what remains.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 inspires a lot of questions at such times.

There is a time to uproot…

but when will it be

a time to plant again?

There is a time to tear down…

but when will it be

a time to build again?

There is a time to scatter stones…

but when will it be

a time to gather them again?

“Six Lessons I Learned About Transitions”

Cardboard Boxes and Moving Trucks

I’ve moved a lot. Some of my forwarded mail had yellow stickers atop the yellow stickers. The last time I lived seven years in the same place, I was in grades 6-12.

I’ve packed and unpacked many times since high school: college; work; grad school; 17 years of United Methodist ministry where preachers are appointed to their church. My four pastoral appointments ranged from three to six years.

In 2012, God opened the door for me to leave church leadership to become a writer, speaker, and storyteller. Last year, my wife and I bought our first home. We’ll see if God lets us finish paying off our mortgage before we have to move again.

“What I Learned from 56 Holes of Putt Putt”

Jesus called the children to him and said,

"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,

for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive
the kingdom of God like a little child
will never enter it."

(Luke 18:16-17, NIV)