One week ago, today (Thursday 11/25) we were celebrating Thanksgiving. As many of you know Thanksgiving has traditionally been my favorite holiday. It is a time of family, friends, and food. It has been for the last 35 +/- years a time we have hosted many folks. Two years ago, things began to change...

A few weeks ago (as in the first of November), I took my wife’s car out of town and as soon as I started the engine, Christmas music came blaring from the speakers. I first thought it was a commercial on a radio station but when I looked at the display, it read “Siriusxm Holiday Traditions.” For the...

The most famous words of Franklin Roosevelt, America’s longest-serving president, were, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” One wonders if any world leader would or could say that today. We live in the Age of Fear. All of my life, I thought love and hate were the two most powerful human...

Believe the Promise of God! One of the great verses in the New Testament is Romans 8:28, which says “And we know that in all things God works for the ...

It looked old and worn and held together with many stitches. It didn’t look like much of a doll but Missy loved it more than anything in her world. It...

One of the greatest stories in the Bible about Jesus’ love and forgiveness is found in John 21. Jesus is on the sea shore after Peter has denied him t...