Aug 2, 2015 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Coming out of the RV collision repair shop after visiting my recently crashed RV, I couldn’t help but chuckle as I reflected on the series of events that put me there. If you’re a regular reader of this column you know we recently purchased an RV—that’s Recreational...
Jul 26, 2015 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Predictability can be boring—you know, like when you watch the same TV show over and over, or you have the same breakfast cereal for days in a row, or like those things we always count on. However, it can become the most encouraging life force we know. I’m sitting on...
Jul 19, 2015 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
After a great Sunday morning service, I arrived home and hurried through lunch anxious to settle into my recliner to indulge in one of my favorite Sunday afternoon pastimes—NASCAR Live. I hummed along misty eyed as Blake Shelton sang the national anthem, and I...
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Jul 12, 2015 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Marilyn and I love to bask in the beauty of the Appalachian Mountains. We once spent three days at The Cove, Billy Graham’s training center located in the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. From Asheville we made our way to Charlotte to...
Jul 5, 2015 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Looking back, I’m really surprised my parents allowed me to sit with my mischievous contemporaries in the “adult service” of our little ol’ church on Sunday mornings. Let’s just be honest: even a pagan knows a row of preteen boys are a disturbance waiting to happen!...
Jun 28, 2015 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
When our youngest son, Ryan, graduated from the sixth grade, he and his classmates celebrated with a pool party at his best friend’s house. Like many pools in our area, it was an above-ground model with a wooden deck along one side. Unfortunately, Ryan found out the...
Jun 21, 2015 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Whenever I see a dead car along the road, I can’t help but expel an empathetic sigh as I vicariously recall the many times I found myself in that situation as a younger man. Like my dad before me, I’ve driven high maintenance vehicles most of my life. But I credit...
Jun 14, 2015 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
On a warm summer Sunday in June of ’57, my parents and I attended the Oakthorpe School Reunion held at the Oakthorpe School House. At eight years old, I was the same age as my parents when they attended grade school there. Seven-year-old Marilyn and her family were...
Jun 7, 2015 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Now that Marilyn and I are part of the camper-nation, having progressed from shopping for campers to actual ownership, we’re knee deep into the process of learning to pull it, park it and enjoy the process. I quickly discovered it isn’t easy being a stone-cold rookie...
