There’s this well-known saying that goes something like, “a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.” Another take on the same idea is the phrase “one bad apple can spoil the whole batch.” I like the way that the Apostle Paul puts it when speaking to the troubled, morally-challenged church at Corinth: “Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts …
Tape.
I recently pulled into a grocery store parking lot when I noticed a certain car that, to say it nicely, needed some serious love. This car was definitely in a bad way. Clearly, it had been in an accident (or a mass series of accidents). Its driver was either extremely vehicularly challenged, or just really, really unlucky. If it had …
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Home.
Nearly seventy years ago, my grandpa built his house from the ground up. There were no contractors or hired labor, just his hands, his sweat, and his will. There was nothing spectacular about this house—no swimming pools or walk-in showers; no heated floors or granite countertops. It was a simple, quaint house—something in which both he and my grandma took …
Good grief.
Over Labor Day weekend, I received an email from my boss, David, informing our team that he would not be in on Tuesday and would be taking a personal day—a very personal one. You see, that day his wife of eighteen years passed away while he was at her bedside. It was expected; she had been battling rather nasty cancer …
Liver punch.
In any close relationship, there are without question moments of bliss and moments of absolute frustration; peaks and valleys, highs and lows. Marriage in particular is one of the most challenging yet rewarding relationships we could ever experience—two different people, two different personalities, not related by blood but bound by a mutual vow to love, honor and cherish one another. But …