WEEKLY DEVOS

My wife, Marilyn, once experienced a powerful, personal revelation while working as the office manager at a busy mental health clinic. One of her many responsibilities was to create and maintain a crowded schedule of counseling appointments for a cadre of mental...

I recently drove past my boyhood home on Lake Road just southeast of North Berne, and was encouraged to see the current owner steadily working to restore its faded glory. More than one hundred annual cycles of frozen winds and baking sun have taken their toll… but...

My wife, Marilyn, and I are very different in many ways. One of the most obvious is her incredible knack for planning every moment of every day… weeks in advance—while I, on the other hand, am very spontaneous. My idea of adventure is to avoid any plan and shoot from...

“Hey, Roberts,” Herb asked, biting down on his cigar, “I hear they almost shipped you guys to some tiny jungle in Asia…something about fighting the commies? What is that all about?” “Turned out to be nuthin’ really. Apparently we have battleships off the coast of Viet...

Sugar Grove was tucked in for the night. Sunday evenings here grew quiet much sooner than the other nights of the weekend; it was, after all, a school night. Friday’s football game and Saturday’s chores stood in sharp contrast to the quietude of a Sabbath day in Sugar...

This week is the first installment of a new fictional series. You’ll meet folks like Barry, Herb, and a full cast of fictional characters who will live out their lives in and around Fairfield County each week. Come along for the ride… I hope you enjoy the view. Be...