Devotional

Last Tuesday, October 5th, my MOTHER would have celebrated her 97th birthday. Unfortunately, she passed away a little more than 23 years ago at the age of 73 - a month before her 74th birthday. In my opinion, MOM was…

Last Thursday, I was teaching a Bible study, my Soul Sisters group, and we were discussing the Abrahamic covenant. In this particular promise, God tells Abram that his descendants will be as numerous as the grains of sand on the…

This week has been unusually busy. I have taught several classes and facilitated a roundtable business discussion with three folks who are thinking about working together. My role was to determine if they were compatible and whether their goals and…

This summer I have been catching up on the series Downton Abbey. I know just about everyone in the world has seen this terrific program, but I never watched it. Early this evening, Janet and I finished watching the sixth…

Before I entered seminary, I took over a Tuesday luncheon Bible study from a man who had taught for many years. I really felt called to do it and I started by teaching the book of Genesis - the beginning…

Almost four years ago, we rescued Hank from a shelter in central Illinois. Four or five months before that, we lost our previous dog, Lexie, who had been with us almost eleven years. She was a great pet and I…

I have recently been teaching the book of James in our Thursday evening Bible study that has been together for 20 years now. I teach in an exegetical method which means that we go verse by verse and really tear…

It was eight years ago today that Janet's father passed away. Janet was with him in Williamsburg at the end, while I was here in Carmel. We had just returned about two weeks earlier from Williamsburg where we had attended…

I received a message from one of my friends earlier this week that he had retired from his last "job" and wanted to speak to me and get my counsel on the next thing he had in mind. Normally, I…

The last three or four years, Janet and I have had several times when we needed x-rays, MRI scans or other ways for the medical profession to determine what was happening with us. Janet fell near Christmas several years ago…