Disengaging the clutch.

I’m now the proud owner of a 1981 Kubota B7100. This 30+ year old tractor came to me after several years’ worth of hope, 6 months of searching, and a rearrangement of money that made just the right deal possible at just the right moment. I still beam and...

The Puny Life of Freedom

An undisciplined, self-willed life is puny; an obedient, God-willed life is spacious. Psalm 15:32 (Message) Puny. Ever felt that way? It’s a very touchy-feely word. You hear it, and you can visualize it immediately. I’ve never really thought of what the...

Lectio Divina – Psalm 23

This weekend I was able to be part of a men’s retreat led by Brian Hardin of the Daily Audio Bible. It was a great chance to get away for a day and enjoy God’s presence with some other men – some who I share life with, and some that I had never met...

Why I Love the Morning

I’m up early today. Early for me, at least. Nowadays, that’s 6:00 AM. When I was young, early was 4:00 AM. Early was Sunday morning when you’d decided NOT to get all the newspapers you had to deliver that morning prepped and ready to go the night...

Hoppity the Lillypad Train

Another train story from the Cromer household. These are getting more and more imaginative as we wear out the obvious ones… which is in turn making them more and more fun. This one involves a train the size of a frog, lillypads, a dragonfly, and … a yellow...

Noski the Snow Ski Train.

Tonight I told the story of Noski the Snow Ski Train. Thought about making a little picture collage for the kids to go with it, but decided to just record it and throw in a picture or two. These will be fun to come back to sometime.  ...