Category: Situations

Technological crutches

This morning I thought about something which made me very uneasy about technology (or at least, my use of technology). In general I’m very absent-minded about things. I frequently misplace and/or lose objects that were, only moments before, securely in my possession. While searching for one thing, I’ll put...

Pastor’s Lawnmower Dilemma

Fred, who was the pastor of a small community church, set out one day to replace his old beat up lawnmower because it was no longer working. He went to some local garage sales in hopes of finding something that would do the job. Thankfully, he found a nice...

Pushing the Grocery Cart

Today we were at the grocery store and my wife, as usual, insisted on pushing the cart. That was fine with me but eventually we accumulated a lot of groceries and I began getting some funny (i.e., disapproving) looks from nearby shoppers; as if to say “how can this...