location

Location, Location, Location

September 29, 2018 Joey Cope 0

It had some of the benefits of location. It was on a corner, well-lit, and clean. Yet, I had doubts about the prospect of success for the enterprise. There didn’t seem to be much traffic. I have been pleased to see small businesses and restaurants pop-up in the shopping centers [read more]

It’s Always Something

November 12, 2017 Joey Cope 0

One of the positive things about social media is its reach into the lives of friends — old, new, close, and distant. The news we see is often joyful, many times sorrowful, and very often revelations that make us prayerful. It’s always something. In two separate, online conversations over the [read more]

Seeing the Other Side

October 8, 2017 Joey Cope 0

I’ve seen the other side. And I don’t like it. The problem with the other side is that it is the other side. It’s not my side. It doesn’t fit my view of how things should be. The other side grates against who I am and, tellingly, what I want everyone [read more]

Overwhelmed: The Loss of Life to Numbness

September 7, 2017 Joey Cope 2

For months . . . years . . . the one word that keeps popping up in my personal journal is “overwhelmed.” Photo Credit: Julia Freeman-Woolpert (stock.xchng) The everyday barrage of life events used to be enough to tire us and send us to our beds, eager to escape the rushing torrents. [read more]