I love the Christmas season and am always sorry to see it end. The beautiful lights and decorations are amazing; however, what I enjoy most is the spirit of goodwill and kindness that seems to permeate wherever we go. I … Continue reading

One of the wonderful things about the celebration of Thanksgiving is all the food! I am sure that at some point in your life, you gathered with family or friends and enjoyed a Holiday feast. Sherry is a great cook, … Continue reading

“What am I going to do? Why did the Lord tell me? Maybe Eli won’t ask me. Maybe I shouldn’t tell him all that God said.”  Can you imagine being Samuel and the Lord telling you the future of someone … Continue reading

Most of us have special children in our lives, whether it is our personal family or a child in our church or neighborhood. Children have a way of making us smile as well as frown. We come across children everywhere … Continue reading

“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:34 Have you ever suddenly hit a pothole? You didn’t know it was … Continue reading

Over my lifetime, I have asked a lot of things of our Lord. All kinds and categories of blessings have made my list of petitions before the throne. I have also gotten in the habit over the years of asking … Continue reading

Here I am again, Lord! Why do I always goof up? I think I am on a roll and moving right ahead, and then bang. I get run over by a freight train. Well, that’s what it feels like anyway. … Continue reading

Are you living the dream?  You know, the dream you had about the way things would be.  If so, you know how great that feels…until it doesn’t.  One day, you began to notice that feeling of elation wasn’t there anymore.  … Continue reading

It might seem strange for a 74-year-old man to be writing about his granddad, but as we approach Father’s Day, I felt such a testimony might be in order. You see, my life has been forever enriched by the influence … Continue reading

“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the … Continue reading