Devotional

Like most families, the Toussaint clan has its idiosyncrasies. And like almost every family, we love hard, fight ferociously and can have deep divides among ourselves. Maybe this sort of thing comes as a surprise to you, as I am…

One of the things that we love to do around our house every so often is have what we call "Chicago Dog Night." Janet and I, with Kristin and her family, always look forward to cooking hot dogs, Chicago style, and then…

When I was a young boy, I just loved to build models, invent things and work on anything that had to do with tools. Although I built several model cars, animals and planes, I really enjoyed working on ships and…

It's February 19th and the day is almost over. Today marks 4 years since I wrote my first post for Transitions by The Book; and more noteworthy than that is the fact that today is my 62nd birthday. It's been…

Janet and I have been talking lately about things that have really turned our heads - the kind of thing that we refer to as "the wow factor". Generally, these really cause us to do a double-take. You know, a…

I couldn't help but get back in the groove of writing this evening. That's because something happened today that transported me back to my youth - back to our home at 10050 S. Claremont Ave. in Beverly Hills on the…

Happy New Year! It's been several weeks since I wrote to you and to be sure, I am so exhausted this evening that I wasn't going to write anything tonight either. In fact, it has been quite nice to take…

We are several days into the New Year and things are off to a fast start. Jill and her family were here from Oklahoma during Christmas - everyone was under the weather, but things got back to normal as we…

Today is a very special day. For starters, it was exactly nine years ago today that I was awarded a Doctor of Ministry degree, after having completed a monumental project and dissertation dealing with job loss and how families and…

Lately, I have noticed that people have become far more casual about things than they used to be. Things just seem to be watered down more than when we were kids. Back in the day, there were only four or five…