WEEKLY DEVOS

Marilyn and I had just begun dating and when her dad heard that for a few measly bucks he could put 2,000 miles between me and his daughter. It was 1965 at a youth conference in Chillicothe, Ohio, that I learned of an incredible opportunity. The speaker mentioned in...

Ordinary sentences took on the appearance of an official document when penned in my mother’s beautiful handwriting. As a boy, I proudly presented my mother’s excuse slips to my teachers—“Please excuse Ronnie’s absence as he was sick”—and they would comment about her...

I’m embarrassed to admit, I still have to type out my texts and emails while the cool kids merely whisper commands into theirs. The developmental rate of digital devices has reached warp speed. It seems each week a more intuitive personal electronic device is...

Older brothers become heroes and role models whether you want them to or not. It’s not a choice you make. You don’t wake up one morning and say, “Hey, my big brother is a cool guy, I’m gonna be just like him!” Nope. Like that funky, strange smelling corduroy coat,...

My fingers rapped the steering wheel to the rhythm of a nameless tune. Preoccupied with a list of stops I’d yet to make, I was totally unaware that my nervous energy had percolated to the surface as I waited for the light to change. There it is—green!—but the dude in...

She checked her hair in the front door’s reflection before entering the body shop. Her gaunt frame, pale complexion and obvious wig were clear signs of a seasoned cancer patient. She smiled and quietly asked, “Can I get an estimate?” The receptionist recorded her...