Devotional

You know that the past several weeks have been tough on our entire family. Of course, Janet is dealing with her broken arm and at least she is on the mend doing some of her physical therapy to keep her…

Happy New Year! I, for one, am glad to see 2016 in the rearview mirror. It was a tough year plagued by illness, death and most recently, Janet's fall and subsequent broken left arm. As most of you already know,…

Well, I thought the tough times were behind us, but I was wrong. We were able to get into the orthopaedic surgeon on Monday morning and the surgeon confirmed that Janet had fractured the "ball" in her upper arm where…

Yesterday started out like many other Saturday mornings - cooking eggs and getting ready for breakfast, except that it was slippery out and I decided to wait to get the paper at the end of the driveway. What happened next…

Each December, our Bible study group celebrates the end of our season with a dinner that is traditionally hosted by one of our members. We always get together after work and share conversation, good food and fellowship before adjourning for…

Recently, there have been a number of documentaries detailing the history of the British throne and among the highlights, the abdication of Edward VIII on this date, December 11, in 1936 to marry American divorcee always seems to get some…

Late this afternoon, I happened to walk past the TV as they were announcing the death of former astronaut and Senator John Glenn, the last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts. For those of you who weren't around back…

The Christmas decorations are going up - in fact, most of ours are already in place. Yesterday, we added finishing touches around the house and finally got the stockings up. But it was a bigger production than you may have…

Each year, Colonial Williamsburg celebrates an event they refer to as Grand Illumination. This happens the first Sunday of the first full week-end in December and leads off the Christmas season celebration. As the guests to the Historic Area watch…

Just last week, I remarked how much I was looking forward to a peaceful, restful Christmas season following the celebration of Thanksgiving last Thursday. However, since then, I have had an unbelievably hectic calendar. Normally, Janet and I wait until…