California Girl: Duck River Edition. A Reflection on James 1:2
In the space of eight years, I have moved from California to Missouri to Tennessee. This is no mean feat as I turn 78 in November this year. Relocating, whether it’s leaving a long held job to move into retirement or literally to pull up stakes and relocate to another place, these possibilities have loomed large in my life since 2010. I retired and 7 years later moved from California to Missouri. In that seven year span of time, I looked at what I had, materially, many times. The question that arose time after time was what don’t I need? Unfortunately, I was still very attached to my worldly goods. Sentimentality, memories, ties to the past, call it what you will but I held on to it all. I held on tightly. I had made the mistake of not only defining myself by the things I treasured, I also added to what ultimately turned into a terrible burden. Knickknack became my middle name. So, when the time came, in 2017, to ...
