Devotional

Janet and I have always done Christmas big. I mean, we always decorate to the hilt and throughout our marriage, we have tried most of the traditions associated with the season. When we were first married, we purchased a Christmas…

You know, it’s been years since I have have uttered those words, but they just seem so appropriate today. In fact, I think the last time I heard them was when my mother was still alive. In all honesty, I…

It’s the time of year when people are struggling more than usual. There is more depression, more desperation, more financial stress, more yearning for freedom and in general, more of almost everything that makes life difficult for many people around…

I’m sitting here in row “L” of Clowes Hall on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis. It’s intermission and Janet and I are watching “The Nutcracker” – that annual holiday favorite that so many of us have grown up…

I don’t know about you, but I derive some comfort from this phrase. What’s strange about this is that we don’t even know whether God has hands or not. But it doesn’t make much difference, does it? Because I assume…

Thanksgiving is over, Black Friday ads were everywhere you turned this week-end and that means that the Christmas Season is already in full swing. In fact, I saw Christmas decorations up as early as Halloween this year, probably earlier than…

Today, Thanksgiving of all days, is a day to celebrate with family. And today Janet and I hosted the annual event here at our home. Andrew and his family, as well as Kristin and her family, were all here to…

Tonight is the evening before Thanksgiving and families across the country are making preparations for the festivities tomorrow. I spent most of the day down at the cafeteria and you should have seen the work going on there. In fact,…

I want to warn you up front that tonight’s post is a tough one. That’s because a very brave 21 year old boy lost his battle with bone cancer early this morning – 6:15 am to be exact. One one…

One of the things that I love about each Thanksgiving is the thing that most of us think about – the turkey. From the Saturday Evening Post cover with Norman Rockwell’s famous Thanksgiving painting to the memories of my own…