Devotional

I was writing notes during a meeting at work Monday and noticed that something seemed odd when I jotted down the numbers - 41414. It didn't take long for it to occur to me that the sequence read the same…

It's Tax Day, 2014 - the day when our income taxes for the year 2013 are due to the IRS and the respective state governments where our income was earned. Each year, millions of Americans deal with the reality of…

I've been in  Evansville since Monday and I returned back home this afternoon. To be sure, I've been on the run for several days and after work last evening, I decided to chill out and spend my time in quiet…

We have an area in the back of our new property that is filled with rose bushes. There aren't too many of them - maybe five or six, but you can tell that they have been well cared for and…

Sometimes in life, we make bad choices. Lately, I have been pulled into quite a few discussions about the choices that have been made. In one case, it was a marriage that was probably doomed from the start. In another…

It's the week before Palm Sunday and that means we are about to enter that time of remembrance that leads to the entry into Jerusalem and Jesus' final week before the crucifixion. Several thousand years ago, Christ was nearing the…

If it's April 1st, then it can only mean one thing - it's Janet's birthday in the morning. I know that I have written about her in the past, but since she is the center of my life here on…

I am in Evansville this evening, having come down here on business - returning home tomorrow evening. Tonight, I occupied myself shopping for Janet's birthday - that happens on April 2nd. I was pretty tired after the work of the…

Janet and I are enjoying the first several months in our new home that happens to be situated on a small 14 acre lake. We have always wanted a summer home but could never bring ourselves to own two separate…

My paternal grandfather died back in 1966, and it was the first time that a family member passed away that I knew on a personal level. His death bothered me - not because of the relationship I had with him…