Allow Interruptions
Recently, I was visiting with a good friend who lost her husband. Not wanting to fill a long and lonely winter in […]
Category: Parsonage Parables
Shake It Off, Step Up
There is an old story about the donkey and a well. One day a farmer’s donkey fell into an abandoned well. Terrified, […]
Book Bait
Need your honest feedback & perspective. Please send to bruce.blumer23@gmail.com I’m writing a book and need your constructive feedback and perspective! Would […]
Values
I was cleaning out our storage room and came across my stamp collection. While I wasn’t an avid collector, I had several […]
Bike Lessons
When we were in high school, my brother and I bought pretty nice road bikes. Biking was our main mode of transportation […]
Shin Deep
Just west of where we live is a small waterfowl preserve. One clear morning, I grabbed my camera and decided to take […]
Loss
A few years ago, I sang with a few groups, including a community choir and a Madrigal production. But I really enjoyed […]
The Edge of the Road
I was on a two-lane highway headed west of Sioux Falls and up ahead saw there was a tractor parked across both […]
Hockey Lessons
My wife was involved in a strange incident, where a puck hit her between the eyes at a hockey game. It led […]
The Gravel Crunch
There is an unmistakable sound when you turn on to a gravel road. The gravel crunch. It told me we were getting […]