by Taylor Johnson | Nov 5, 2015 | Retirement
It was so beautiful. The coffee parchment replicated a checkerboard on the drying flats, 2.5 centimeters thick. The furrows were perfectly aligned and glistening gold in the hot Laotian sunlight. 25 tons of coffee parchment—what is left after the cherry pulp is...
by Taylor Johnson | Nov 5, 2015 | Retirement
Surprisingly, we should be “looking for the Darkness.” We are to be the light that shines into it. One of our young Pastors at Lake Avenue Church, Walter Alexander, challenged us this morning with this admonition: “Bring your light to shine in the...
by Taylor Johnson | Nov 5, 2015 | Retirement
Judy walked in from a grocery shopping expedition … it is amazing when you are on a diet and getting older how little you eat—and the importance of each component of every meal. (If you haven’t noticed, you will.) As I watched her empty the small...
by Taylor Johnson | Nov 5, 2015 | Retirement
We were driving along feeling great about the sunny weather along I-70 in the Rockies. Vail was 80 miles ahead and Glenwood Springs was the next town. The Sun was bright, road was dry, scenery beautiful and our tires were good. We’d stopped for the night in...
by Taylor Johnson | Nov 5, 2015 | Retirement
Is this the best we can be? There are times when we are challenged as a nation—a people—to look beyond our own individual self-interests. I am reflecting on this point as the “gun control” conversation swirls around us. During my lifetime,...
