January 30, 2026January 28, 2026Parsonage Parables Give ‘Em Wings When I was in high school, I was walking down an alley and a bar had discarded boxes of decorative liquor bottles. […]
April 26, 2023April 26, 2023Parsonage Parables Category 3 Memories My dad asked me to drive him to a funeral. It was the funeral of the wife of a college friend, who […]
May 7, 2021May 6, 2021Parsonage Parables Hearing No What is the word most often said to and by toddlers? NO! It’s part of their natural curiosity to explore things that […]
January 31, 2020January 29, 2020Parsonage Parables Living Backwards For some reason, I’ve been putting my clothes on backwards. I showed up for a meeting with my boss and she said, […]
February 2, 2018November 2, 2018Jan to June 2018, Parsonage Parables Autism – Moments of Relief On a recent vacation, we went to an evening of Caribbean music. They played fun, recognizable songs and the musicians engaged with […]
October 13, 2017November 2, 2018July to Dec 2017, Parsonage Parables Getting Direction From the time we are born and, I’m beginning to learn, for many years after we get direction in our life. As […]
January 13, 2017November 2, 2018Jan to June 2017, Parsonage Parables We’re Independent Independence starts young. We want to go our own way. We run into the street or through a grocery store to see […]
January 15, 2016Jan to June 2016 Touch Points When I was a child, my brother and I stayed with our grandparents on a farm in North Dakota. There was a […]
June 12, 2015November 2, 2018April May June 2015, Parsonage Parables Drives Me Crazy There is something that drives me crazy about my father. He doesn’t finish sentences when he is speaking – especially when he […]
August 29, 2014November 2, 2018July Aug Sept 2014, Parsonage Parables Original, Created, and Acquired Families If I say family – what’s the first thing you think of? Maybe it’s a word or maybe you picture specific people. […]