Devotional

I'll bet you think that I'm speaking about Jesus, or God Himself. And sure enough, that will come later in the post, but for now, I'm speaking about Napoleon Bonaparte, who was crowned Emperor of France on December 2, 1804,…

Well, Thanksgiving is behind us, the turkey has been eaten several nights in a row and now we are off to the races getting ready for Christmas. As you already know, Janet and I have this strict policy about not…

Many years ago when I was a young boy, my mother, who was an excellent cook, taught me how to prepare a turkey according to the Pope School of Cooking - her favorite school for the culinary arts. Since Janet…

It is the beginning of the holiday season this week - officially starting on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. This year, the celebration of Thanksgiving is a little later than usual and this will result in merchants being a little…

The week-end has been filled with shows about the assassination of President Kennedy that happened 50 years ago last Friday. I have actually been to Dealey Plaza in Dallas where the President was hit with the fatal shots that caused…

I was 10 when it happened. If you are old enough to remember the event, you knew exactly where you were and what you were doing the moment that you heard the news about the attempt on the life of…

When I was 17, back in 1970, my Uncle Wayne made arrangements for me to spend the summer in Germany working in a factory that made precision drafting tools for Frederick Post Company, an organization that my uncle was president…

I'll bet that you already know what this post is about. What's more, I'll bet you know the next phrase that follows the title of evening's post - yep, "our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived…

During the last twenty-four hours or so, the country has been buffeted by exceptionally high winds and intense storms. Yesterday was pretty much a great day but then, here in central Indiana, in the middle of the night, I was…

If you have been a faithful reader for any length of time, you know that the past summer and this fall have been difficult for us. We have had a number of things that have interrupted our lives and in…