A small, intricate shelf sits just inside the front door of my house. I call it my teacup shelf. It is a narrow shelf with five levels, and filled with all sorts of varied teacups I have collected or received over the years. Some of them are old, some new, some are sentimental, and some are just for fun. Most of the teacups resemble a familiar English rose pattern found in almost any roadside antique store. None would seem too priceless, except for maybe one. And that is where my story begins. Prominently displayed in the center of the top shelf is a fragile and chipped teacup. It is not of the normal teacup fanfare. The light grey cup looks almost […]
Category:Life, Heart, Soul
For this one hour, I leave behind my daily tasks and break away for a lunchtime run. For one precious hour, I forget about the morning rush and all the undone work I’ve left back at my desk. I don’t think about the afternoon’s conference calls and meetings, or even the things I have to do this weekend. Almost instinctively, I select Bruce Springsteen’s The Rising (2002) for my run today. He created this album right after 9/11. I leave the tightly secured boundary of my headquarters building (a change resulting from 9/11) and go for a run in the streets below. For this moment in time, this one precious […]
Category:Running Journey
It’s been nine years since my grandmother passed away. I still think of her, but time has that elusive way of slipping by. I imagine her and Grandpa smiling down from Heaven – oh, what a reunion that must have been. There are times when I wish she was still here. I would like to tell her things, and take my son to visit with her one more time as we did when he was young. Now, my son is almost grown. Over the years, I have sometimes asked God to send one of His special angels to look after […]
Category:Life, Heart, Soul
I rounded out this week of cold, winter running by listening to Bruce Springsteen’s, Devils & Dust album from 2005. He is one our great American storytellers. For all you millennials out there, if you want a glimpse of what life was like right before the age of internet and cell phones, before mass terrorism and shootings, in a little simpler time, then listen to his music and stories. It wasn’t all rainbows and sunshine; his music is rarely that, but it is pure and simple. Bruce Springsteen has an interesting biography that you can look up, which has shaped him from his childhood, his religion and his struggles […]
Category:Running Journey
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Sue McCusker is a writer, Bible teacher, and web developer who loves sharing the stories of life, hope, and faith she sees around her every day. She has written for Guideposts and Angels on Earth magazines, and teaches the story of God in women's Bible study.
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