Mar 16, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
After months of anticipation, Freshmen Orientation Week finally arrived. I unpacked my bags and squirreled away my personal belongings, giving Marilyn’s senior picture the premier spot on the room’s only bookshelf. A bunk bed hugged one wall, a closet took up the...
Mar 9, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
When I was a kid, dressing up to go to church on Easter Sunday was a big deal. With four sons spaced evenly apart, Mom managed to masterfully synchronize our growth spurts to assure that one of us got a new suit every year. In 1964, it was my year to get the new suit....
Mar 2, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Knowing it had more horsepower than any hot rod I’d ever driven, I fought the urge to step on the gas and see what it would do. I idled down the driveway and turned onto the long stretch of empty highway—palms sweating. I was nervous, fully aware that this was its...
Feb 23, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
I’ve enjoyed our white winter. I prefer white and frozen over brown and muddy… but then as Marilyn likes to remind me, “You don’t have to work outside!” During the warm, green months, the two of us enjoy Ohio’s Amish Country. The Amish lifestyle, viewed at the speed...
Feb 16, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
My new buddy Jim invited me to his garage to take a peek at his newly rebuilt racecar. We swapped a few racing stories then headed for the house to get a cold drink. Stepping out of the detached garage into the heat of a late summer’s day, I was affectionately greeted...
Feb 9, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Rummaging through old black and white photos during a family gathering, I came across a picture of a tall, lanky, broad-shouldered young man, lean and bronzed by the sun. I was particularly struck by the familiar eyes of the youthful farmer looking back at me. The man...
Feb 2, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
This country is doggone crazy. Statistics show we love our dogs, and I’m no exception. My favorite bumper sticker reads, “I wish I was half the man my dog thinks I am!” Like most dog people, I have a favorite breed: I’m a sucker for a Boston Terrier. From my earliest...
Jan 26, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Donnie, upset that his mother wouldn’t grant him yet another cookie, did the only thing a preschooler could do: he ran away from home. Well, actually, as he later confided to me, “I never ran…I only meandered.” Donnie’s high IQ demonstrated itself even as a boy. In...
Jan 19, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
On a cold winter’s day in January of my fourteenth year, everyone in the family had gone shopping, leaving my younger brother, Steve, and I home alone. The bright sun ricocheted off the highly polished luster of my brother Tom’s silver Chevrolet Corvair as it rested...
