When I was growing up, Memorial Day was a super time! It signaled only a week or so left of school. There was a parade in the morning. A trip to the cemetery...

I am still trying to figure out where we’re at. Now, I am pretty good with maps and know where we are geographically. It would be at 42 27 38 and 83 14 13. F...

Mother’s Day weekend is like no other. The Saturday and Sunday of that weekend are the two busiest days of the year for restaurants with an increase of aroun...

I am pretty much a rule follower. When I go to the store I can’t go in the out door, and can’t go out the in door when I leave. Speed limits? I pretty much f...

It is one of those things you don’t think about very often, but you were taught. We don’t live under a democratic government. In that case every decision tha...

Now, on the surface this could seem to be a rude statement. I could have said “learning from those who went before me”, or “learning from those who have gain...

Somewhere along the line, I became the breakfast cook in our family. It may have been because of my love for breakfast, or that I was always the “up and at e...

It’s been another warm winter week here in South Lyon. Yeah, Wednesday was a little on the cold side, but the forecast is fifty on Friday, with forties some ...

Picture yourself nine months pregnant. Ok, for us guys that may be a little more difficult. Nine months pregnant is not the most comfortable time of the preg...

Ok, so we know that Jesus was born. We also know that before that, Mary and then Joseph were given a message from God about what this child was all about. Th...

Ah yes, the time of year when all sorts of preparations are being made. It could be for the trip you will be taking around Christmas. Maybe it is the meal yo...

“The arrival of a notable person, thing or event,” is one definition of advent. “A coming into place, view or being an arrival” is another. A third would be ...

My dad had a saying, though as time has gone on I realize that it wasn’t his saying, but one he had heard. I found this with many of my dad’s sayings. I grew...

Though I have my strong--and in my opinion, correct--political views, I really try to keep them separate from my Christian views. This is a little more diffi...

I love geography, quite possibly because of it’s connection to weather. We in the Midwest are in an area unique to anyplace else in the world. With the two m...

A couple of weeks ago, I talked about the changing of the times for our campus devotionals. The changes weren’t based on needs or how to better do something,...

Okay, other than both starting with the same letter it may seem like a stretch to connect these two. They are, however, both festivals--an annual event that ...

I remember when I first started attending a campus ministry almost forty years ago. The times of the Monday and Friday devotionals were somewhat puzzling to ...

I think over the years we have come to better understand what the church is and more importantly, what it isn’t. I remember a children playing, “Here is the ...