Devotional

Janet and I have spent the better part of two weeks watching a number of feel good Christmas movies. Of course, most of them have been on the Hallmark channel, the channel I would pick if I could only choose…

Last week, Janet ran into a friend and was lamenting the fact that she didn't know what presents to buy for various people in the family. Janet's friend responded, "Just give them love..." When Janet repeated the conversation to me, the…

I was staying at my favorite local hotel in Evansville Monday evening, in anticipation of a full day of work on Tuesday. I was pretty tired and decided to turn in early. After all, I start at 7 am with…

So, let's see. First we had Thanksgiving - then we had Black Friday. By the way, for those of you who don't know the meaning of "black Friday", it's the day of the year that many retailers go from losing…

This year, Janet and I actually starting putting up the Christmas decorations the week before Thanksgiving. Now this is in direct opposition to what we believe in - but we didn't see any possible way to get it all done…

For the last forty two years, I have been in charge of cooking the Thanksgiving Day turkey. Janet does all the sides and the system has worked pretty well for us. Before I took over the duties of cooking the…

It's several days before Thanksgiving and we are getting ready for the holiday along with millions of other people around the country. Janet and I have been married for 41 years and since that first Thanksgiving, I have made the…

As most of you know, Janet and I really enjoy the Hallmark channel on TV and this is the first holiday season in many years that we have had Hallmark programming to watch. At our last home, we had U-verse…

Sunday, November 15th, signaled the second snow of the year for those of us here in central Indiana. I guess some people would even count it as number three, but one of the snows was only a few flurries. Of…

Recently, I have had a strong desire to connect with friends from my earlier years. Especially people from my grammar school days at Sutherland and my high school days at Morgan Park - both on the south side of Chicago.…