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,...
by Taylor Johnson | Nov 5, 2015 | Retirement
As I write this I’m in the Narita Airport in Japan. I Left Laos on Saturday afternoon, arrived at Bangkok airport about 9:00PM, finally got a flight out to Japan on Sunday morning about 8:30AM. Now to Dallas-Fort Worth, and then back to Los Angeles. That routing...
by Taylor Johnson | Nov 5, 2015 | Retirement
The old saying, ”When you’re up to your tailbone in alligators, it’s difficult to remember that the objective was to drain the swamp.” Or, you are trying to catch the meal from slipping off the plate while you are juggling 10 other plates. Have...
