Graduating Friendship
Thirty-five years ago yesterday I met a young, red-faced girl in tears from the trauma she had just experienced. My heart immediately went out to her as I held her close and wiped her tears. I wasn’t so sure I knew enough to help her through the tough times, but I so looked forward to […]
Shooting Your Giants
Do you remember this scene from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark ? (Email viewers click here for video.) Indiana’s desperate search for Marion got interrupted when the Arabian Goliath stepped forward. Like David in 1 Samuel 17, Indiana was armed with a whip and perhaps five little “stones” resting within the […]
Lean Into Jesus
This week I have the honor of being a guest blogger for Lean Into Jesus Ministries. Please click here or on the title below to go to the blog, and be sure to take a look around their new website while you’re there. If you live near Marshall County, Alabama you’ll want to become very familiar […]
What’s On Your Summer Reading List?
Since I’ve had time to breathe some salty air, bask in the sun, and read a few books I thought today might be a good time to share a couple of books you might want to add to your summer reading list. In my real, everyday, walking around life, I read plenty of non-fiction, since […]
When Young and Old Collide
Last year about this time, Ron and I hosted a cookout at our farm so we could get to know some of our son and daughter-in-law’s church friends. We wound up meeting about 40 people, most in their late 20’s and early 30’s, with a few old folks like us in the mix. While we […]
Surviving Words’ Friendly Fire
“Shot through the heart and you’re to blame. You give love a bad name.” In my mind, those words from the old Bon Jovi song could be talking about … well, words. Words put our heart’s love volume on speakerphone for all the world to hear. Words can echo praise and encouragement from our hearts […]
Do You Speak Life Over America?
The elite sniper unit headed up by a young Scottish Captain lay silently hidden beneath Pennsylvania’s fall foliage. These men in camouflage were protecting the passage of the newly arrived British soldiers traveling from their landing site at Chesapeake Bay to the Patriot capital in Philadelphia. American forces made their way along Brandywine Creek in […]
Can Your Life Be Changed?
If you sometimes wonder whether or not God could ever love someone like you, take a look at this:
Moving Your Why to the Front of the Line
Several years ago on a Saturday night Ron and I went with some friends to a Christian concert. As we walked to the entrance a sweet lady with a broad smile stood waiting to greet us warmly. We found seats near the middle of the auditorium and then settled in for a good time. The […]
Freedom for the Patriot Gentlemen
What seems like a hundred years ago, the class with the reputation for disorderly conduct finally made it to the fifth grade. They were a rowdy bunch. So rowdy in fact that the 16 designated troublemakers (and that was only the boys) could not be divided thinly enough. I knew these children well enough to […]
