Devotional

We are coming up on the time of year when pastors and ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ get really busy. Not that they aren’t busy throughout the year, but the holiday season is even more demanding than other…

This weekend, I did something I have never done before. I entered a Chili Cook-Off competition. I have been asked for several years to participate but have always declined. Finally, I gave in. For the past several weeks, I have…

It was 101 years ago today that Mom was born. She’s not still with us - she passed away in September, 1998 - several weeks before she turned 75. She lived 20 years past the time my father died at…

Years ago, I discovered a remote Indiana State Park about one and a half hours southwest of our home in Carmel. The first time I saw McCormick’s Creek State Park, I conducted a wedding for an engaged couple that wanted…

As most of you know, I am a bit sentimental when it comes to people and places that are deeply imbedded in my past. Some of my fondest memories are of the times at my maternal grandparent’s home which was…

I am very fastidious about the way I maintain our various vehicles. They are serviced at the dealerships and if there is anything even remotely wrong, we get it repaired. I’m sure that I am that way because I learned…

I have always been something of a cook. I learned from my mother when I was a little guy and, to this day, I enjoy spending time in the kitchen. I am particularly fond of preparing meats and main courses.…

I have observed and received a great many prayer requests lately. Of course, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the slaying of the young lady on the train and many other events have caused the nation to consider messages of prayer…

Yesterday, the country experienced another horrible act of domestic terrorism with the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. This 31 year old was gunned down during a campus rally in Utah and, unfortunately, video of the bullet impact to his…

I admit that I am somewhat old school. I still balance our checkbooks each month, I still keep a clean garage and I usually get my work done before I play. These are all things that I learned as a…