Devotional

Janet periodically comes up with something interesting for me to write about and today is one of those days. She was glancing at a magazine and noted a column on some fun facts about winter and the holidays. For example,…

Seventy two years ago yesterday, December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched their famous attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The next day the United States, under the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, declared war on Japan. Unquestionably, as has…

Way back in 1893, my mother's father was born. I don't know that we even have an idea of where he was born, or to be honest about it, what date. We have it narrowed down to either December 3rd…

I'll bet you think that I'm speaking about Jesus, or God Himself. And sure enough, that will come later in the post, but for now, I'm speaking about Napoleon Bonaparte, who was crowned Emperor of France on December 2, 1804,…

Well, Thanksgiving is behind us, the turkey has been eaten several nights in a row and now we are off to the races getting ready for Christmas. As you already know, Janet and I have this strict policy about not…

Many years ago when I was a young boy, my mother, who was an excellent cook, taught me how to prepare a turkey according to the Pope School of Cooking - her favorite school for the culinary arts. Since Janet…

It is the beginning of the holiday season this week - officially starting on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. This year, the celebration of Thanksgiving is a little later than usual and this will result in merchants being a little…

The week-end has been filled with shows about the assassination of President Kennedy that happened 50 years ago last Friday. I have actually been to Dealey Plaza in Dallas where the President was hit with the fatal shots that caused…

I was 10 when it happened. If you are old enough to remember the event, you knew exactly where you were and what you were doing the moment that you heard the news about the attempt on the life of…

When I was 17, back in 1970, my Uncle Wayne made arrangements for me to spend the summer in Germany working in a factory that made precision drafting tools for Frederick Post Company, an organization that my uncle was president…