In our small group this week someone challenged us to say a compliment to our spouse impromptu. I said something nice yet paled compared to what she…
Learning who I am - a journey through faith
David A Lloyd Posts
Many Americans will dislike something and say ‘that just kills me’. They will say the same phrase when something is hilarious. Unfortunately, this leads to…
Many of us at Oak Leaf Church are reading through the Bible chronologically this year. Today Donna and I started the book of Job. Today…
Grief is everywhere … Everywhere I look I see you. Star Wars toys I bought when you were small have sat on my office shelves…
In a previous post (Canny Clever Caleb Chess), I described how Caleb came to love astronomy at age seven and promised to work for NASA.…
I didn’t think this would be so hard. Writing is difficult. Writing on emotional topics is difficult for many people. I would hug, kiss, and…
Smoldering ache of loss When I first found out about each of my children’s deaths, an explosion of grief consumed my heart. Each time the…
I was determined to make space, inner space for a poem. Loss made everything sharp. I suffer from these brief weekends, the tearing up of…
People give me smirked looks when I talk about Caleb’s accomplishments. Parents who brag about their child may have noticed the same “yeah, you’re biased”…
Evening falling – a soft lamenting the lake draws me near. My heart is cold; isolating me from its pain. This head once brimming with ideas…
