WEEKLY DEVOS

Maybe the high regard I have for my late father has become aggrandized by nostalgia’s haze when I say with fond conviction, “I was blessed with a wonderful earthly father.” Dad was simply easy to admire. I’m not here to debate the art of parenting, I’m merely...

Each spring our grass groans and stretches like an old dog waking from a long nap. At first it’s not sure what to wear…whether to face the warm sun in its muted browns and tans or to break out the vivid limes and lush greens. But soon it determines it would be...

“My wife and I did something the other day that I never thought we’d do”, my friend Nory offered as he peered over the top of his glasses. “Really? Am I supposed to guess what?” I smiled. “You’ll never guess in a million years!” I met Nory (short for Norris) when I...

I’m a sucker for anything that looks like it’s already going 100 MPH on the Autobahn. That’s why the shiny new Audi in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant caught my eye—or perhaps it’s because my granddaughter drives an older version of the same car. But it was...

On the way to prayer meeting at our little country church, I stopped to feed Grandma Alice’s cats, entrusted to my care while Marilyn’s grandparents were away. It was late in the summer and very late in the day. The sun was losing its battle with twilight, leaving...

My grandparents lived out their lives in the shadow of Anchor Hocking’s Plant One on Garfield Avenue. Interestingly, neither worked at Anchor and so how they came to live in the midst of Lancaster’s version of an Industrial Revolution neighborhood is an incredible...