An Old Man with a Flat Tire

On the Way back from Church…

I don’t think of myself as old, but I sometimes get reminded in a jolting sort of way that I am. Sylvia and I were returning from a church service one night when our car warned us that we were losing air in one of our rear tires. We pulled into a convenience store parking lot to take a look. The problem was easy to see. A steel rod had gone through one side of the tire and had come out the other side. The tire was now completely flat.

I immediately ran into a problem. There was a lever that had to be pulled to release the spare tire, but it was tucked so neatly away that I was having a hard time locating it…

Read the whole story. Find out what happened–and what lessons to learn–in

Old Houses, New Houses … And 30 Other Bible-Based Meditations

ISBN: 978-0-9600203-1-7

My Coffee Cup Meditations are short, easy-to-read, engagingly presented devotions based on the Bible, the Word of God. Each reading takes a single idea or theme and develops it in a thought-provoking way so that you are inspired to consider the greatness of God, the relevance of the good news of the life, death, resurrection, and coming-again of Jesus, and are better equipped for life in this world and well prepared for the world to come.

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