Misery Meets Grace
My eleventh Christmas started out as the worst Christmas experience of my life. That was the year I had the bright idea that it would be fun to secretly find out what all my presents were before Christmas morning. So, two weeks prior to Christmas I snuck into my parent’s room and spoiled the surprise. Waking up that Christmas →
Homes and Hearts in Order
A transformation takes place in our home in the days leading up to the arrival of guests. I don’t know if it is a result of how my wife and I were raised or if it is a common practice among human beings, but we shift into a different mindset during this time. We do everything we can to →
Thanks in Everything
I recently had a stark reminder of my tendency to take things for granted. It all began when I arrived home after a day out with the family to find our homestead engulfed in a cold front. I immediately checked the circuit breaker thinking that maybe we had tripped it, but to my chagrin everything was fine there. It →
Babies, Bulls, and Buddy Lee
Love is one of the most sought after and needed things among the human race. Studies have shown that babies who are depraved of love actually experience long lasting physical, emotional, psychological and physiological damage. This was clearly evidenced by some information compiled by Rene Spitz. In a South American orphanage, Spitz observed and recorded what happened to 97 →
Firmly Resolved
I came across an inspiring story of a young woman who took a stand for her faith in Jesus Christ. This story did not originate from some foreign country in which individuals must hide their relationship with Jesus Christ behind closed doors and it is not a story from centuries past. This story took place just a few years ago right →
Emulating Rambo
I was in seventh grade when the second movie in the “Rambo” series released. With some reluctance my mother and father gave in to my pleadings and took me to see the movie on the big screen. As a thirteen year old boy I was completely taken in by the character, John Rambo and his Hollywood hero persona. What seventh grade →
Loading ...