WEEKLY DEVOS

Thanks to my mother, I’ve always known the Christmas story. I was, as they say, “raised in church”. My father was a laid back gentleman: quick-witted and understated. But my mother was a spirited lady, as anyone who knew her would testify, and although her husband and...

I’m embarrassed to admit this, but here I go anyway…I tend to humanize automobiles. As late as 1960, we were still a one car family. A second car was simply too expensive, and quite frankly in those days, especially in our social-economic position, a second car was...

As our nation heads toward the election of a new president, you, like many good Americans, may assume our divide is simply between two opposing governmental ideologies: two major political parties. However, I believe there is a much deeper divide in our nation and it...

I’m honored to serve as a board member for a non-profit ministry called Missionary Maintenance Service (MMS). Although the generic name offers a humble nod to those who serve in this vital ministry, it doesn’t adequately describe the life-giving service MMS provides....

Growing up in a family consisting of four active boys and two working parents, daily chores were as much a part of our routine as eating and sleeping. Our mother lived by the motto “cleanliness is next to godliness” and unless we wanted to meet God sooner than later,...

  When I was a kid, the behavioral scientists had yet to discover the impact of Attention Deficit or Hyper Activity Disorder on a child’s behavior. In the 1950’s, if you misbehaved it was because you were ‘being bad’. Once during a parent-teacher conference, as...