It’s mid-April in Ohio, and we’ve finally got a few days of warm weather in the forecast. Last Saturday we had to cancel a track meet because the track was 4 inches under snow. But today…it’s going to be a glorious, sunny, 75 degrees. I’ve got big plans for a family clean-up day – branches in the yard, leaves from the flower ...
So….Mikel and I had 3 kids in 3-1/2 years. And then 8 years of chaos ensued. When our daughter was a year or two old, we decided to get away for a couple nights down in Hocking Hills. The whole trip should have taken 3’ish hours. Notice I said, “Should have…” We had just gotten a new GPS for Christmas ...
Have you ever just done something automatically? Without even thinking? There are things that I do automatically like breathing and blinking and turning my tea water on in the morning. I wish they would make an electric tea kettle with a timer on it so I could set it to turn on at a certain time in the morning like ...
I put myself through Bible School way, way, way back in 1991. I was only 21 years old without much experience doing anything other than working as a bank teller. So, that’s what I did. Let me tell you, the money was just rolling in (said with dripping sarcasm and eyes rolling). The first year was a struggle, paying rent and ...
I like to read through the Christmas stories in the gospels after Thanksgiving. The one in Luke is my favorite, so I started with that one, and for some reason, I couldn’t get past chapter 1 verse 13. While Zechariah was in the sanctuary, an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the incense altar. ...