WEEKLY DEVOS
Simple Faith: The Days of Whine and Roadsters
I’ve been involved in restoring old cars most of my life. I even managed to make a living at it for a couple decades. Never made a dime but I had a great time! Hey, maybe I should have that engraved on my tombstone—‘He never made a dime but he had a great time’. I’d...
Simple Faith: Best Laid Plans of Mice and Me
It was late March 1961 and the promise of spring seemed as fleeting as the wintry wind that whipped over our hilltop home near Sugar Grove. Earlier that morning, on my way out the door to catch the bus, I stopped and carefully checked the Deeds Dairy calendar...
Simple Faith: I wish I was more like her…
Earlier this week as I searched for a parking spot at one of Lancaster’s DIY stores, I stopped to allow two pedestrians to cross in front of me on their way into the store. I couldn’t help but notice how nicely dressed they were. My grandma would say they were “all...
Simple Faith: After Downton Abbey
OK, I admit it—I am unabashedly a Downton Abbey fan and like DA fans all over the world, I am in mourning following the final installment which aired this past week. If you viewed any portion of the six-season series and decided it wasn’t your cup of tea,...
Simple Faith: Who’s the Leader of the Club
Continuing our quest to avoid the cold of Ohio’s February, Marilyn and I find ourselves in on our own version of Where’s Waldo. Unhooking our camper in central Florida during one of the “best weather weeks ever” according to the locals, we compulsively decided...
Simple Faith: The Rest of the Story
Last week I pulled back the curtain of our family history to reveal a tiny table and chairs purchased for our toddling sons in the 1970’s. If you read that column you know that five years ago, Marilyn and I left a diminutive dinette behind for the youngsters of...