Dr. Scott Toussaint

Today is a very special day. For starters, it was exactly nine years ago today that I was awarded a Doctor of Ministry degree, after having completed a monumental project and dissertation dealing with job loss and how families and…

Lately, I have noticed that people have become far more casual about things than they used to be. Things just seem to be watered down more than when we were kids. Back in the day, there were only four or five…

Tonight our Bible study group got together for our annual Christmas dinner at the home of one of our members. One of the things that is so nice about our group is that we all blend so well together. That…

One of my favorite Christmas traditions as a child was to go with Mom to Marshall Field's in downtown Chicago and have lunch in the Walnut Room that, as I recall, was on the 7th floor of Field's. Of course,…

When I was a young guy, I used to love watching the various Christmas programs. For those of you old enough to remember, you might recall watching the original "Frosty the Snowman" which was first released in 1953 and featured…

The last several weeks have been challenging, to say the least, for our family and for our oldest daughter, Kristin, in particular. It's been more than 3 weeks since she had the father of all headaches - an event that…

Janet and I have spent the better part of two weeks watching a number of feel good Christmas movies. Of course, most of them have been on the Hallmark channel, the channel I would pick if I could only choose…

Last week, Janet ran into a friend and was lamenting the fact that she didn't know what presents to buy for various people in the family. Janet's friend responded, "Just give them love..." When Janet repeated the conversation to me, the…

I was staying at my favorite local hotel in Evansville Monday evening, in anticipation of a full day of work on Tuesday. I was pretty tired and decided to turn in early. After all, I start at 7 am with…