Devotional

Perhaps the hair on the back of your neck already stood up when you read the title of tonight's post. Then again, perhaps not - because you are one of the lucky ones who doesn't mind petitioning the Lord of…

Last evening, I wrote about Vacation Bible School and how I had to attend each summer back in the neighborhood I grew up in on the south side of Chicago. This evening, as we were discussing our day, Janet and…

When I was a youngster, and summer was in full swing, Mom and Dad always enrolled me in Vacation Bible School, better known as VBS. Oddly, even though we attended Trinity Methodist Church on the south side of Chicago we…

We've been in the new place about 5 months now and it's time to focus on the outside stuff now that most of the unpacking is done. We live in a neighborhood that requires architectural approval to paint your home…

Years ago, and I mean like twenty years ago, I thought I would enjoy fly fishing - so I went out and bought a rod and reel from the Orvis dealer (my favorite store to this day) and eventually added…

Last Saturday evening, the earth experienced the first of three "super" moons that will be visible to us during 2014. Unbeknownst to most of us, there are occasions when a full moon coincides with the closest approach the moon makes to…

While we were in northwestern Montana, near Kalispell and Columbia Falls, we opted to stay at a working ranch that sat on a bluff overlooking the Flathead River. It's been many, many years since I have been on an actual…

We're back home from our trip to Montana and several of our national parks. We were in Yellowstone on July 3rd and then we headed to northwestern Montana to visit Glacier National Park. My father never made it to Yellowstone,…

One of the the things that we have done on this trip is attend the Home of Champions Rodeo in Red Lodge, Montana. We secured tickets well ahead of our trip and had decided to spend the afternoon of July…

So let me say at the top of this post that I am like my father in one very important aspect - I am not an outdoorsman. And that is incredibly germane to this evening's topic. In fact, it takes…