Last June, Lon and I had been with our new friend Alicia and a few other neighbors on a river rafting trip. It was the most exhilarating and playful time I’d had in years. Piling giddily into the van to head for home, Alicia checked her messages. There was one from a doctor, supposedly theContinue reading “A miracle baby”
Category Archives: A student of faith
Good morning!
Day 3 in my new office with its pale yellow walls and its clean, white, seemingly endless desktop. The chair in corner is not too big, not too small. I can read there comfortably for hours. The windows are open out onto the street, which is quiet now with all the neighborhood kids back inContinue reading “Good morning!”
Marketing faith
A few years ago, I was working as a Creative Director at a technology-based advertising agency. It was an unlikely company as very few people— like, ten out of 400— had any experience or even interest in the advertising business. Most of the employees came out of film or technology or sales or somebody’s personalContinue reading “Marketing faith”
What now?
My dear friend Barbara called me tonight from Santa Fe. She was staying at her mom’s house, looking out at a desert sky full of lightning. She wanted to tell me that she’d found a copy of my first book “Baptism by Fire” in the guest room and she’d just finished rereading it. The firstContinue reading “What now?”
A Sigalert for life
Over the past few years my son Graham has developed a funny habit of calling me from the road for Sigalerts. For those of you who don’t have a service like this, it’s basically an online map of your local freeways showing horrible traffic in RED, and mild slowdowns in ORANGE, and smooth sailing inContinue reading “A Sigalert for life”
Heather Choate Davis 