Devotional

On July 25, we experienced the greatest heartache of owning a pet - the end of their earthly existence. Unfortunately, Hank, our beloved Doberman who would have been nine years old in September, succumbed to a terrible heart issue referred…

Millions of folks throughout the world watched the opening ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics almost a week ago. Celine Dion made her first comeback appearance after having been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome a number of years ago…

When I was a young boy, my folks met a wonderful couple with three girls - well, two girls and one on the way. In fact, my Mom was pregnant with my youngest brother, Ken, at the same time. That…

Throughout the years, I have been asked to perform all kinds of services for members of the Christian community. I have performed hundreds of rehearsals and weddings, numerous funerals, opening prayers at receptions and corporate meetings; and I have taught…

It was one year ago last night that Janet and I had the scariest moment in our almost 50 years of marriage. We had cancelled dinner plans with a friend of ours. Janet felt a little under the weather so…

Last night, I went online to begin this post and tried to login to the TBTB dashboard that allows me to create the content that you see each time I publish one of my posts. I was immediately met with…

There are many ways to evangelize. Sometimes, it is going out of our comfort zone and approaching people who we believe may be receptive to hearing about the Good News. Other times, our best approach may be to demonstrate a…

The last several weeks have given Janet and me a unique set of challenges. We are healthy, well mostly, but we both have little physical things that are annoyances and I have been mindful of praying for healing whenever I…

Our oldest daughter, Kristin, turned 49 earlier this week - and that’s difficult to believe. It seems like yesterday that she was born at Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in downtown Chicago. I also won’t ever forget what it felt like…

Today, June 20, 2024, is the first day of summer for the earth’s northern hemisphere. In fact, it arrived at 4:51 p.m. eastern time this afternoon! Usually, we don’t celebrate the summer solstice until June 21st and the winter solstice…