I know why

December 3, 2010 Joey Cope 0

While I don’t always use these exact words, the thought pattern is overly familiar to me.  Here’s what goes on in my head: Hmmm.  I have just observed you do something that seems to me, without any real thought or discernment, to be something I may not like.  In fact, [read more]

A pregnant pause

November 30, 2010 Joey Cope 0

Have you ever had one of those conversations? You know what I’m talking about. Your co-worker sidles up to you and — BAM!!! — out of nowhere comes a little comment that just sits crookedly on top of everything else. And then the engine roars and the fury train screams [read more]

Surfacing

November 11, 2010 Joey Cope 0

Just over five months ago, I fought to open my eyes and focus on the face of a young woman who was doing her best to explain what my immediate plans were for the afternoon. Over the course of the next hour, I slowly came to the realization that I [read more]

In another light

September 5, 2010 Joey Cope 0

With the holiday weekend ahead of me, I made plans. Big plans. Actually the project wasn’t that big — just repainting the columns on the front porch and a little touch-up around the garage and back patio. But it seemed big because . . . I didn’t want to do [read more]

Impromptu sabbatical

June 15, 2010 Joey Cope 1

So, three weeks ago I took a Monday off after working a church leadership retreat over the weekend. I needed the day to catch up on personal business that I ordinarily would have done on the previous Saturday. One of the things on my list that day was to write [read more]