Devotional

It's almost 2:45 pm and I am sitting on the tarmac in Indy - already 90 minutes late for the takeoff of my flight to Philly. We pulled away from the gate somewhere around 2:00 and at least I got…

Our youngest daughter Jill is in town with her son Drew, and with both daughters and our son, Andrew, all in Carmel for the week, it feels like old times in our nuclear family. Jill is staying with Kristin and…

Our family is going through a couple of tough trials right now and the last several days I have found myself thinking about communicating with God. Yesterday, in particular, I thought about what it would be like to communicate with…

This week, in speaking with representatives from ADP, the payroll service company, I was reminded of an old story that happened to me years ago. When I first had our temporary services company, I decided to use the payroll service…

Several days ago, Friday, January 13th, marked the 46th anniversary of the death of my paternal grandfather, Jacob Toussaint. He was buried 46 years ago tomorrow, on January 16th, 1966. I was thirteen at the time and I remember the…

Last night, as Janet and I were returning from dinner, we stopped by the reservation desk to find out about checking out early due to impending bad weather in the midwest. The front desk supervisor, Shelley, was most helpful and…

We're still here in West Virginia; and it has been raining all day. We spent much of our time today in the main lobby of the hotel and I have been thinking about the first time I ever visited the…

Today, I headed down to the spa area of the Greenbrier for a treatment to help the sore muscles in my back; from all the driving I have done the past four or five days. I decided on the signature…

We're finally here - at our favorite resort in the country - the Greenbrier. We left Williamsburg around lunchtime and had a leisurely drive to here to White Sulphur Springs, WV where the Greenbrier is located. We had a pleasant…

As most of you already know, Janet and I did not decide that I should go to seminary until I was in my late forties. The kids were grown, we had downsized the house, and as it had been when…