You know blessings are one of those tricky concepts. God told Abraham that he would be blessed, and we see the wonderful things that...

Do you hate being evaluated? You know, that time of year when your boss or supervisor comes in with a checklist and basically says...

There will be times of remembering going on this weekend. Some will gather in New York City, some in Washington DC, and still others in...

Each year on the first day of school there was a photo taken on the front porch. Books in hand, kids wearing brand new clothes ready to...

I had a glimpse of Heaven this past Sunday. I hadn’t anticipated it, but it just happened. A few weeks ago Brad, my best friend in High...

Although I’ve only been to one co-ed bridal shower, I know this is something that's done at these types of events. When you’re attending...

Thirty-five years ago Holly and I were part of a group that left West Texas to move to California. The group left the comforts of a large...

I remember traveling around in the south when my kids were younger, looking for a place to eat. It seemed like Chick-fil-A was always one...

I stopped in for an oil change this week and noticed something. After spending too much time visiting with the service person as he...

Ah, the fourth. On a calendar, it would just be the fourth day of the month. There are twelve of them each year, pretty insignificant....

As the years have crept up on me, I find myself on the living room floor each day. No, I don’t fall coming down the hallway, and no, I’m...

It seems like the move for the past quarter century or more has been to get rid of pews. I don’t believe there have ever been any pews in...

Dr. Dolittle was a beloved character in a series of children’s books from the 1920’s. The character was made into a movie in 1967 and...

For better than a week I had been looking. I looked through my garage twice. I looked through my basement storage. I moved boxes, shifted...

By Hannah Orr I yelled at one of my students yesterday. I don’t mean a stern worded lecture. I mean I completely lost my cool and snapped...

Ah, the romance, the commercialism of February 14th! The second part of that seems to creep into every holiday or special occasion we...

Except for the times it is associated with first, one gets a bad rap. And even being associated with first isn’t always great. I would...

I had some time this week to sort through the A/V closet with Tom and Bryson. It was amazing how many things were in that room that is...

One big thing COVID has done is change our habits. There are things I used to love doing that I miss tremendously and then there are some...

Well, at the time of writing this, we don’t know for sure. But then again, we do. No, it is not the Republican party and their list of...