Dec 23, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
This Christmas, I have a renewed understanding of why the angels sang and the heaven’s lit up when the Child of Peace was born. I believe I will better grasp why the angels ecstatic announcements roused the shepherds from their sleep. As a nation, we continue to reel...
Dec 9, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
It’s incredible how much syrup can ooze from a 42” flat screen. The variations on the same predictable plot in the sappy Christmas movies Marilyn loves are apparently countless. Girl has shallow boyfriend, girl goes home for Christmas, girl endures boorish relatives...
Dec 2, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Dad stored his farm tractor and tools along with an array of broken bicycles, worn out lawn mowers and miscellaneous junk in what we euphemistically called “the garage.” It wasn’t actually a garage but a buggy shed built long before the invention of the Model T, a...
Nov 25, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
I was just five years old when I learned to shift for myself. Somehow I’d won the rare privilege of riding in the front seat of our 1952 Mercury with Mom and Dad. The long couch-like front seat stretched from door to door, soft coil-springs covered in scratchy wool...
Nov 11, 2012 | Bigger than Life, Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Marilyn and I very much enjoy our lives. We live in the country with her dad and spend most every day working for our small but vibrant church family. Our lives are basically centered on the activities of ministry. Marilyn’s dad, Wayne, now 86 years old, still works...
Nov 4, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Friday night is “Date Night”… you know, dinner and a movie for me and Marilyn. After we agreed there were no new movies that interested us, we headed to a restaurant Marilyn had visited this past Friday after she and her sister, Connie, made a trip to Columbus to...
Oct 14, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
This week I’m stepping into the unknown. I’m heading to Nashville. Nope, no big record deal and no plans for the Grand Ole Opry. I’m going to drop in on an elite group of automotive enthusiasts: The Sunbeam Owners Club is gathering for their annual national...
Oct 7, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
The most powerful places in my life are inevitably nostalgic places. For instance, where I am right now—the Fairfield County Fairgrounds. I’m sitting on the north side of the race track, cozied up against the historic wooden grandstand. Even though it’s the week...
Sep 30, 2012 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Looking out over our lush green lawn, you’d think the drought is over—right? The grass is growing like crazy and the summer flowers are showing off as though nothing happened. But if you live in the country as I do, you know this summer’s drought greatly impacted the...
