Lost in Translation

It's the first week of summer and we are about a month past the Indy 500, usually run on the Sunday of Memorial Day week-end. As most of you know, I was a big Indy 500 fan as a boy…

Each spring, we do our traditional cleaning and that includes the washing of the furniture on our decks and patios as well as the actual decks themselves. We use a power washer and Andrew has been kind enough to help…

June 6th marks the anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of the coast of France in 1944 under the command of future President Dwight Eisenhower. Much has been written about this unbelievable invasion by the Allied troops again the forces…

As many of you know, I left the corporate world in search of a deeper relationship with God through my studies in seminary. That journey was almost 10 years in duration and it was one of the most enjoyable experiences…

I've been meaning to write this post for about a month now and am just now getting around to it. If you've been a reader for some time, you know that it is rare when I don't have several choices of…

It's fifty days past the Easter celebration, that is a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead - overcoming Satan and death to live in eternal glory with the Father. But before Jesus returned to heaven, at the…

It may come as a surprise to our three "natural" children" to learn that they have "adopted" brothers and sisters. Yep, that's right... Janet and I have several children who refer to us as their adopted parents. Not only will…

We are on the eve of April 15th and usually that means that tomorrow is tax day. At least in most years - but this year, due to an anomaly called Emancipation Day, some states have until the 18th to…

The last several days, my allergies have really been bothering me. Yesterday morning at breakfast, I asked Janet to please pass me a Kleenex - and she handed me two, instead of the one that I had asked for. She…