Jul 7, 2013 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Tony* was a good enough kid, but he frosted my cookies every time he rode his chrome-laden, store-bought bike into our driveway. He came for only one reason: to show off the newest accessory he’d bought. A new bike was definitely a rich-kid deal in our neighborhood....
Jun 30, 2013 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
A while back I had a stress test done. Heart disease runs in my family, and so I thought at my age I should have myself tested. At first, I was flattered when several nurses came in to watch as I stumbled along on the treadmill. I thought to myself, “They are probably...
Jun 23, 2013 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Marilyn has been particularly generous to me over the past six months. She agreed to tap into our savings allowing me to finish the restoration of my 1967 Sunbeam Alpine. I’m an old hand at auto restoration, but this is the first British-built sports car I’ve tackled....
Jun 16, 2013 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
While other families were playing table games, my family worked on our rickety old cars. It wasn’t a hobby, it was a necessity. We simply couldn’t afford to pay a real mechanic and as a result all four brothers learned how to repair practically anything at an early...
Jun 9, 2013 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
My father-in-law celebrated his 87th birthday last weekend. He’s an incredible person, really—he’s still very healthy and demonstrates that by driving over 200 miles a day, six days a week, delivering car parts! This is his third lifetime career. After returning home...
Jun 2, 2013 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
If you’ve read this column more than once, you probably know I’m a minister in real life. I enjoy being a minister, but if I tell you a secret, will you promise not to hold it against me? I really wanted to be a race car driver. That didn’t happen, but I haven’t given...
May 26, 2013 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Like most young men, few possessions are more memorable than my first car. I washed and polished every square inch of that 62’ Nova convertible at least once a week. I scrubbed the whitewalls with SOS pads and then sprayed on Lemon Pledge. (This was way before...
May 19, 2013 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Do you remember the sheer joy that washed over you on the last day of school? It was more than an adrenaline rush; it was much deeper—definitely therapeutic. If the phrase “There’s no school tomorrow,” still tickles something in your inner child, then you know what...
May 12, 2013 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Growing up, it was a given that Dad’s personal time with me would be limited. After all, he had to go to work every day. If, during a rare day off, he turned his personal attention to us boys, it was received like a gift. He’d holler like a sportscaster, “Let’s play...
