I’ve had an interest in the craft of writing since high school. I even took a test for a correspondence course decades ago and kept …
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Our New Home
Dear God: I can’t believe it, Father. After all these years, you have given us a home of our very own! The paperwork went through, …
Read More »Are You Trustworthy?
If you think your kids were born with an innate sense that they should trust you blindly, you are dead wrong. How you treat your …
Read More »Thinking About Me
I have a teeny tiny red Toyota Echo. What’s that? You’ve never heard of the Toyota Echo? Well, that’s because they don’t make it anymore. …
Read More »A Cheerful Heart
“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones” (Proverbs 17:22). The verbal picture was hilarious and brought knee-slapping laughter …
Read More »Our Caffeine Fix
We live in a world that runs to and fro, and to keep up with the pace, it seems that we have a coffee shop …
Read More »Like a River
Dear God: For decades, I’ve sung, “I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river in …
Read More »Confession
Dear God: Father, I’ve chosen tomorrow as the day I’m going to find Glen and make my confession. I’m so ashamed. Five years ago, I …
Read More »I’m Not Crazy
You probably know us. We check locks we know are fastened, cell phones we know are silenced, hems we know are straight. A crooked picture …
Read More »My Noisy, Chaotic Reunion
This past summer, I hosted a week-long family reunion at our rural home. My sons and their families live in large metropolitan areas in other …
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