Devotional

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…

Well, Jill headed home to Oklahoma today and the house is quiet once again. But that's not such a bad thing. Janet and I got our chores done around the house after they left and then took Lexie for a…

Jill is here in town for several days and I have had the privilege of working this year with the team that she leads down in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas and even parts of Missouri. We were speaking about training…

We are entering the season when we are supposed to slow down and get ready for Thanksgiving as well as the upcoming celebration of Christmas. But instead of thinking about the beginning of these special times of the year, it…