Devotional

Just last month, our oldest daughter, Kristin, turned forty and only several weeks later, on Monday, July 13th, Andrew, our youngest child, will turn thirty four. Or said another way, our youngest child will now be more than one third…

In my pastoral role of counseling young people who are looking to get married, I have heard some pretty bizarre things. Several years ago, I heard a string of thoughts on marriage that were so far removed from what God…

Three of our four grandsons came over today and as much as I wanted to relax and prepare for the upcoming week, they all wanted to fish in the backyard, where I caught four good sized bass yesterday afternoon. I…

Janet and I are coming up on our 42nd anniversary in August and we have been trying to put together a trip for the occasion. We have thought about a river cruise in the Pacific northwest, or possibly a trip…

Well, today is the 40th birthday of our oldest child, Kristin. Oddly, I thought that for some reason, the entire event of her birthday would be difficult for her, or for us, but that hasn't been the case at all.…

I have been watching Facebook and other social media outlets and have been impressed with all the tributes from children to their fathers throughout the day. I noticed  a number of images of people with their Dads and, of course,…

It's been another whirlwind week and I have been back and forth between Carmel and Evansville, IN - twice. I headed down Monday afternoon, came home Tuesday evening, returned last night and headed back to Carmel this evening. But a…

Our nephew, Victor, is getting ready to start college in the fall at Eastern Kentucky University. Registration was earlier this week and he completed the necessary process before boarding a jet for the western U.S. where he will work on…

Earlier this week, on June 2nd, I quietly remembered the death of my father 37 years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday. A Friday, Dad died of pneumonia - one of the many complications of multiple myeloma, a…

I heard from one of my cousins earlier today - he sent me an interesting piece on the lunar landing of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin back in 1969. It seems that there was a quiz about the first food…